[tlhIngan Hol] {'e' qa'} "instead of" with quotations

Hugh Son puqloD Hugh at qeylis.net
Sun Oct 10 06:20:25 PDT 2021



> On Oct 10, 2021, at 02:23, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>> Am 07.10.2021 um 17:22 schrieb janSIy .:
>> My own opinion, and not based on any specific canon or instruction, is
>> that you should always try to use the {lu-} prefix when appropriate,
> 
> 
> That's a pattern I also try to use. I know it might be regarded as being
> pedantic, but it's certainly not wrong to use the {lu-}. It's more like
> writing "can not" instead of "can't". Both are correct.
> 

Now I am imagining a Klingon Soong-type android that always uses {lu-}, and maybe also does not use clipped Klingon: {qama'pu' vIjonta' vIneH!}, {wIy yIcha'}, etc. And by always, I mean not always, because Data was never actually consistent with that either, even in some episodes where that behavior was specifically called out in the plot.



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