tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 14 19:38:58 1996
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RE: <K'>vaD ghItlhlu''a'?
- From: "Dark Viper (mayq)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: <K'>vaD ghItlhlu''a'?
- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 22:40:30 -0500
At 05:52 PM 11/14/96 -0800, d'Armond Speers wrote:
>But the bottom line is, it's a name. We fussed and fidgeted about /r'Hul/
>for a while. In the end, she decided she liked her name, and it's her
>name. Have you met r'Hul? I wouldn't try arguing with her! A name is a
>name.
Okay, okay. Fine. A name IS a name, but my ORIGINAL point that I was trying
to convey was not to use FOREIGN LETTERS. i.e. How would you express "K" in
the pIqaD font (if it is canon)? They would have to invent a letter. That's
all I'm saying: Why introduce a new letter when you can have q'[name here]
instead of K'[name here]? That's probably the way a Klingon would write it
in a story anyway. q'[name here].
We English folk have transliterated names as well. So that's what I assume a
Klingon would do in this situation.
I back off now; assuming K'[name here] would be the English transliteration
of q'[name here] or Q'[name here].
-mayq