tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 15 00:34:03 1996
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
RE: diphthongs (was Re: <K'>vaD)
- From: [email protected] (Denny Shortliffe)
- Subject: RE: diphthongs (was Re: <K'>vaD)
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 08:33:57 GMT
>
>jatlh Sustel
>
>We do NOT know anything at all about {pIqaD} beyond what it looks like! We're
>not even sure of that! The font available from the KLI is just a fan
>alphabet; IT IS NOT THE ACTUAL KLINGON WRITING SYSTEM!
This appears to me to be somewhat muddy thinking. How can you distinguish
the validity of a fan writing system from a fan language? Or is it your
thesis that, since Marc Okrand was *PAID* to create the language for
Paramount, that it's *NOT* a fan language, even though the bulk of the
speakers/writers (I'm counting numbers here -- I'm a democrat) are fans?
Especially since the writing system appears in Paramount's movies and TV
shows? (Of course, in this case the writing doesn't actually *MEAN*
anything, but that's another debate!)
Qapla'
qrlIH veStaySortlhIH Sogh la' Lt. Commander K'rlikh Vestai-Shor-Klikh
tlhIngan wo' Duj qIj leng ra'wI' Commanding Officer, IKV Black Odyssey
Qanpu' pogh DuQ cha'DIch ra'wI' Deputy C.O., Mailed Glove Squadron
a.k.a.
--
Denny Shortliffe