[tlhIngan Hol] xifan hol

[nIqolay Q]

I primarily think of it as an alternate orthography used for making
searches easier, for implementing fonts, or any other situation where
Klingon's use of capitalization and digraphs is inconvenient. I don't think
of it as something anybody actually uses for writing Klingon. (Although I
can imagine someone doing it as a way to mimic internet-style writing
that's heavy on abbrevations.) Also, there are a few minor variants: some
implementations use q and k for *q *and *Q* respectively, but some do the
opposite. boQwI' uses z as a shorthand for the qaghwI', but I think most
other places use just an apostrophe.

There are also a few puns that are based on it: *tlhapragh *and* vI'Ir* are
the first two that come to mind. (The latter suggests that MO uses boQwI'
with the xifan hol option.)

On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 12:01 PM Lieven L. Litaer <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:

> peqIm,
>
> I was going to write a page about "xifan hol" in the Klingon Language
> Wiki, but I then wondered if I was on the right track. So, before I
> spoil your opinion with mine, what do you think of when you talk about
> or read the term "xifan hol"?
>
> If you wish, you may add it directly to the wiki:
> http://klingon.wiki/En/XifanHol
>
>
> --
> Lieven L. Litaer
> aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany"
> http://www.tlhInganHol.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> tlhIngan-Hol mailing list
> tlhIngan-Hol at lists.kli.org
> http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.kli.org/pipermail/tlhingan-hol-kli.org/attachments/20210824/1b7db7e4/attachment-0003.htm>