tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 26 08:18:32 2008
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RE: idea for writing system
- From: Fiat Knox <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: idea for writing system
- Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:17:49 +0100 (BST)
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> So a few have thought that maybe because these screens
> are on military ships that it might be
> military lingo.
> We have a bunch of computers where I work (military) and
> they use our own special software. The
> screen is full of icons labelled with acronyms and
> abbreviations in what could appear as a bunch of
> mumbo-jumbo. Most certainly not something that could be
> used to learn english.
My thoughts exactly. Klingon display screens would adopt a
"show, not tell" attitude. Why have a wordy "Target
acquisition in progress. Please wait ..." fill the screen,
getting in the way of the target image, when you can have
the display flash red and yellow and two signs just off to
the corner, "Target" and "locked," just placed right where
peripheral vision can pick it up.
Peace,
Alex.
"Oh, I love it when they /ask/ me to corrupt them ..." - Me, talking to Nai, Mar 01 2008
"You people and your quaint little categories." - Captain Jack Harkness, Torchwood
"We're grown ups now, and it's our turn to decide what that means." - Randall Munroe, http://xkcd.com
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