tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 23 09:48:47 2009
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Re: Klingon orthography
Michael Everson wrote:
> Well, yours might be a vote for the status quo -- but I'd like to know
> what Marc Okrand thinks, in particular about data integrity, sorting
> and searching and so on.
I know exactly what Marc Okrand thinks: the romanized transcription
system is inconvenient and inadequate, but we're stuck with it. (I
believe he has said as much before.) Marc has never been particularly
computer-savvy, so I doubt he's given it much thought. If you spoke to
him about it, he'd say yep, that's a problem, but there's not much he
can do about it.
Even if you hit upon a lovely transcription orthography, how will you
get Paramount to use it or license it whenever someone produces an
"official" product? (Consider, for instance, the Bird of Prey poster.)
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