tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jul 01 09:45:55 2012
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[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' cha'vatlh cha'maH jav: tojbogh to'
I've switched over to these kinds of quotation
marks: «majQa'» Do they cause anyone any
problems? They should look like a little nested
version of << >>. I haven't quite worked out the
punctuation rules for them yet. The French leave
whitespace between the guillemets (I called them
guillemots before, but I looked it up and that's
a sort of auk) and the punctuation, but most
other languages that use guillemets don't. Some
of them use them backwards, pointing towards
rather than enclosing the quoted text! In my
experience Russian doesn't usually use quotation
marks at all, just massive dashes. What do they
do in your language and do you think it's
compatible with Klingon? Anything is better than
the English style. This Wikipedia article has an
interesting list:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemet>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemet.
(Curiously I'm in good company getting the
punctuation mixed up with the bird: I think it's
because <mot> means word, so there's an association there).
While I'm at it, what's your favourite font for
Klingon? Times New Roman? Garamond? Courier New?
And it's time someone programmed a simple Klingon
spelling/grammar checker for Open Office. It shouldn't be too hard to do.
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vajar and crew are being guided through an
interdeck access tunnel by Qoreq, in order to ambush some qImyal-loyal troops.
CONTENT: Corpses, but no gore.
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tojbogh to'
yev Qoreq. jatlh, «jonwI' jolpa' bIngDaq maHtaH.
manarghDI' neghvetlh 'emDaq Sajol.»
«majQa'», jatlh vajar. neghvetlh lujeyta'DI'
jonwI' choQ lujonmeH lotlhwI'pu' He rap
lughoSlaH.[268] lo'laH lojmIt ngaQHa'moH Qoreq
'ej pa' bejmeH loQ poSmoH. HurDaq be' ghogh Qoy
vajar. poSchoHchu' lojmIt 'ej Qoreq 'uchchoH vay' 'ej 'ochvo' luHchoH.
«Qoreq! chay'?» jatlh be'. 'och wovmoH Sech tIH
'ej lIS'eghpu'DI' vajar mInDu', qaH'eng legh. ochvo' yongHa' ghom.
Quchbe'law' Qoreq. jatlh, «qatlh jolpa'Daq SoHtaH?»
jatlh qaH'eng, «chay' naDev SuSaH tlhIH? bangwI'!» Hota'ro' 'uchchoH qaH'eng.
«SIbI' maQolnIS», jatlh vajar. may' to'chaj QIj.
Hung jIH lIS qaH'eng. veQ lI' ngaSbogh choQ cha'
HaSta, 'ach pa' SuvtaHbe' tlhachmey. rInlaw'
may'. lommeyvo' beHmey, nIch[266] je boSlI' vajar
lopno' jaHbe'pu'bogh tlhIngan negh law''e'. va.
tlhoy paS rep. ghIq Hung HaStaDaq QaS ra'wI' legh
vajar. Doqqu' wa' mIn 'ej Sachpu' Dechbogh DIr.
veDDIr tuQtaH. vajar lopno'Daq 'avwI'
lujonta'bogh ghaH. mangghom ghIrta'. ja'chuq ghaH
ya 'ay' Sogh je. QamtaH je lopno' mebpu', joqwI'
qembogh loD je. may'vetlhvaD Qapta' quv.
jatlh qaH'eng «SaghochlI' 'ej meH boghoSlaw'lI'.
bangwI', bIvIHbe'choHlaw'DI' pa' vIHotlh.
pa'vetlhDaq lommey neH lutu'lu'.» tojbogh to' Del
Hota'ro'. Qapta'mo' to' bel vajar. tojlI' je
qaH'eng. qImyal QaS matlh botmeH lojmItmey
ngaQmoHtaH. ghu' yajbe'meH meH, QumwI' pat
muntaH. Hung pat luSorghlaw'ta'mo' je
lotlhwI'pu', Dat leghlaHbe' qaH'eng 'ach
Qaplaw'lI' lotlhwI'pu'. patmey Sorghta' lotlhwI'
neH 'e' Har ngaH. patmeyDaj QIH 'e' ngIlmo' vay'
qejqu' ngaH. Sengmey tI'meH pa' pImDaq vumlI'
ngaH. tI'lI' je qaH'eng 'e' Har ngaH. jatlh
qaH'eng, «Qoreq, vajar lopno' DajaH DaneHDI' loQ
chomer 'ej DaH DatoDta'. qanoHHa'pu', SuvwI'!»
tlho' lajqangbe' Qoreq. jatlh, «DujvaD Qu' vIta'taH.»
jatlh vajar, «qaH'eng, QapmeH QuD, jonwI' choQ wISeHnIS. pIQIH wIneHbe' ...»
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SKI: qaH'eng has also been running deceptions in this game.
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[266] True, disruptor power packs may not
strictly be ammunition, but it's functionally
equivalent, and I don't like saying rIHHa'lu' all the time.
[268] vajar was going to make a joke here, but as
I appreciate the audience participation, I'll
leave it to you to make. Puns aren't really his
thing. I think he'd be more of a Larry, Curly and
Moe fan. He's really taken with that exploding head thing.
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