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Re: <K'>vaD ghItlhlu''a'?

ghItlh mayq:
> <K'> yIlo'Qo'. lughbe'. <K> Qoypu' tera'nganpu', 'ach Qoypu'be' tlhInganpu'.
> SKI: Never use K'[name here]. Illegal and stupid.

ponglIj vIvaq SochHu' 'e' vIbuQbej.  'ach not jIja' Hat je' QIp.
bIqejqu'choHpu' 'ej bImujchu' 'e' vIQub.  pong 'oH pong'e'.  yIjot.

I realize I threatened to make fun of the name {mayq} a while back, 
but I think calling a category of names "Illegal and stupid" goes 
entirely too far.  A name can be whatever a person wants to respond 
to.  If somebody wants to be called "K'mpec", that's okay with me. :)
(Heck, I even use the semipronounceable name "~mark" to refer to one 
of the list members.  Whether that's what he *wants* to be called is 
unclear, however...)

By the way, if you're going to complain about "illegal" spelling, you
should be aware that the only known syllable-final consonant clusters 
are {-rgh}, {-w'}, and {-y'}.  {-yq} as in {mayq} has never been seen 
in any tlhIngan Hol words, and indeed Marc Okrand has gone to extremes
to avoid other consonant clusters when transliterating terms into the 
spelling we use.  

(That's why I was joking about the name {mayq} last week -- it doesn't
fit the spelling rules we have deduced.  But I only said I'd make fun
of it if it belonged to a Klingon.  I didn't say I'd complain about 
it, and I never meant to imply that it was illegal.)

-- ghunchu'wI'

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