[tlhIngan Hol] unable to use the upper case letter to specify by not specifying

[nIqolay Q]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 11:05 AM mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> So it falls upon the "h/H" to distinguish..
>
> The fact that we can't do that simple thing in klingon irritates me.
>

*pIm Holmey pIm. *

If you want to signify that the altar is dedicated to someone important,
you could try repeating the referent each time: *Qun lat*, *joH'a'* *lat*,
etc. Or use a longer phrase: *qeylIS quvmoHmeH lat*. By seeing that the
referent is continually mentioned, the reader will hopefully conclude that
they're someone important.

(*ghaH lat* might have a similar effect, because it's an unusual phrasing,
but that suggestion would no doubt be controversial.)
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