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Re: Klingon grammar

From:Adam Walker <carrajena@...>
Date:Friday, January 2, 2004, 23:11
--- Doug Dee <AmateurLinguist@...> wrote:
> In a message dated 1/2/2004 3:59:35 PM Eastern > Standard Time, > elemtilas@YAHOO.COM writes: > > >The Klingon grammar (Marc Okrand) is readily > >available. Could try Amazon or B&N or similar. > >Nifty language; ugly romanisation. > > That's for sure. It was particularly unfortunate to > use lower case "l" and > upper case "I" > HolQeD, the journal of the KLI, for some unknown > reason, prints Klingon in a > sans-serif font in which those two are nearly > indistinguishable. > > They should really drop all the useless capitals. > None of them make a > distinction except "Q" vs. "q", and one of those > could just as easily have been "k". > > Doug
The best thing about tlhIngan Hol is the extensive use of puns in the vocabulary. Many of the best puns are based on Leave It to Beaver! Adam ===== Fached il prori ul pañeveju mutu chu djul atexindu. -- Carrajena proverb

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