Re: Klingon grammar

E fésto Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>:
>> Dumb romanization. I assume it's to make it
>> look
>> "alien,"
>
> Probably not. It does have a native orthography,
> which presumably DOES look appropriately alien
> for ST. :)
>
> It is also true that he does not give an
> explanation in the Dictionary as to why he uses
> the romanisation scheme he does.
I read somewhere (can't remember where) that the capital |I| is supposed
to recall IPA /I/ (and I think also |S| /S/, but that seems more
doubtful).  Capital Q though IIRC came with no defense (though I suppose
contrasting with |q| might favor in its favor).



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