tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 14 17:06:54 1994
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Re: I'm back
- From: Niall Hosking <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: I'm back
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 10:03:05 +0100 (BST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Captain Krankor" at Aug 11, 94 08:23:31 pm
[deletia]
>
> Also: when one does use the direct english of a word, one is encouraged
> to quote it, so that people can instantly see it isn't tlhIngan-Hol. Thus:
>
> chay' "Gloucester"vo' "Halifax"Daq ghoSlu'?
>
Doesn't that get confusing in a language that uses apostrophes left,
right and centre? (Well, maybe not centre.) On a standard screen, "
looks like '', which is a pain to read, especially if, like me, you're
still having mucho trouble reading the blasted language in the first
place. Couldn't we stick to {} [] or **?
> --Captain Krankor, Grammarian
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