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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Feel free to ignore that list. It says “Klingonists agree,” but I don’t remember any kind of referendum.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just use whatever punctuation you think best expresses what you want and will be best understood and accepted by your audience.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>SuStel<br>http://trimboli.name</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mayqel qunen'oS</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, May 21, 2019 6:21 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@kli.org">tlhIngan Hol mailing list</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[tlhIngan Hol] Punctuation</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Go here: http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/Punctuation</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Scroll to the "klingonists convention", and read the table.</p><p class=MsoNormal>(Irrelevant sidenote: I always found the word "scroll" to have a</p><p class=MsoNormal>"dirty" sound.. I read scroll and my mind goes to Hut'In vil..)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyways..</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>According to the aforementioned table, we have:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Curly braces {tlhIngan Hol} Klingon words in English text</p><p class=MsoNormal>Angled brackets <<quote>> Quoting spoken words in Klingon text</p><p class=MsoNormal>Asterisks *mu'qoq* indicates Klingon spelling of a non-canon word</p><p class=MsoNormal>Asterisks *English* English words in Klingon text</p><p class=MsoNormal>Single Asterisk *pong indicates a Klingon name that's not canon</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I want to ask two things:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1. Why do I need to use angled brackets, to quote spoken words in</p><p class=MsoNormal>klingon text ? If I want to say "michael said ancient cats are</p><p class=MsoNormal>expensive", then I write the quotation after a comma. i.e. {jatlh</p><p class=MsoNormal>mayqel, wagh vIghro'mey tIQ}. So, what's with the angled brackets ?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2. What if I have a klingon name, which is a Ca'Non klingon word which</p><p class=MsoNormal>actually means something ? e.g., as with the klingon name of Daniel,</p><p class=MsoNormal>which is {Hugh} ? Then what do I do ? Suppose I want to write</p><p class=MsoNormal>"{nI'ghma'}s ancient cat married {Hugh}'s dog". How do I do it ?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>{Hugh *dog* Sawpu' *nI'ghma' vIghro' tIQ}</p><p class=MsoNormal>{*Hugh *dog* Sawpu' *nI'ghma' vIghro' tIQ}</p><p class=MsoNormal>{*Hugh* *dog* Sawpu' *nI'ghma' vIghro' tIQ}</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Of course, the table of the wiki isn't Ca'Non, but the result of a</p><p class=MsoNormal>convention, of the closest equivalent to klingons in real life (which</p><p class=MsoNormal>unfortunately it's us..); but I wonder what this convention holds with</p><p class=MsoNormal>regards to the questions above.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>~ m. qunen'oS</p><p class=MsoNormal>I wrote, "..but the result of a convention, of the closest equivalent</p><p class=MsoNormal>to klingons in real life (which unfortunately it's us..)" because I</p><p class=MsoNormal>don't like klingons..</p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>tlhIngan-Hol mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>