tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 01 15:41:53 1999
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RE: HosDo' - Energy Critters...
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: HosDo' - Energy Critters...
- Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 16:44:25 -0700
jatlh loD Doq:
> ***I don't know how to pronounce free-standing letters in
> Klingon, can it be done?***
Well, it can't be done for the half the alphabet in English or Spanish, or
any other language that I know of. That's why we have names for the letters.
We don't have them in the writing system we use to write Klingon. Keep in
mind, though, that the writing system we use is not the "real" pIqaD, and we
will almost certainly never know much about the real pIqaD. Since the
symbols in the writing system are not Klingon, it makes very little sense to
give them Klingon names. A few people have come up with (completely
unofficial) names for all the sounds, but none have gained widespread
acceptance.
>From a practical point of view, though, it would be nice to not have to say
things like "big Q" and "tee ell aitch". 'a qay'be'. maSIQlaHbej.
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian