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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Upper case letters

Will Martin ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 23, 2015, at 9:13 AM, HoD qunnoQ &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; class="">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">nuqneH<br class=""><br class=""></div>i was wondering..<br class=""><br class=""></div>is it known why the specific letters (written always in upper case in Klingon) were chosen by Okrand ?<br class=""><br class=""></div>i mean why "S" and not "G" ? why "D" and not "M" ? and so on..<br class=""><br class=""></div>does anyone know the reason behind these choices ?<br class=""><br class=""></div>Qapla'!<br class=""></div>
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