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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/20/2020 2:01 PM, Will Martin
wrote:<br>
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<div class="">I think you are exactly as presumptive, assuming
that Klingons would not add Klingon suffixes to foreign-language
words as you are saying that Klingon speakers have been by doing
so.</div>
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<div class="">The simple truth is: In English, we don’t
consistently use English suffixes on foreign words, but Klingon
isn’t English. Until we see a canon example of it being done one
way or another, we don’t know how it's done in Klingon.<br>
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<p>This is an issue regarding one's particular style guide, not a
grammatical or sociolinguistic issue. Different style guides may
advocate different rules. The <i>Kronos Manual of Style</i> may
advocate for keeping native and foreign elements out of single
words, while the <i>Praxis Memorial Guide to Style</i> may advise
always using native morphemes on foreign root words. Neither is
"correct"; style guides are prescriptive.</p>
<p>What Qa'yIn has stumbled across is not a "rule," but it's
definitely what I consider good style.<br>
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