the only valid argument presented here was the argument put forth by qurgh who said: qurgh:
But it does put each sentence on it's own line so the reader can tell when they end (so the same job as a period does). If you are going to copy TKD format, then you need to follow everything it does. Remember that the goal of this list is to help people learn, study, and discuss the Klingon language. If your messages are incomprehensible by the majority then you are no longer on topic IMO.
because I do want to help beginners, from now on I will put each sentence in its own line, and use curly brackets to single it out according to tkd. and if a beginner wants to discuss any sentence, I will be happy to reply. but I will be damned if I use punctuation ever again. I am not writing to entertain "experts"; I am writing in order to practice and yes help others. As qurgh said, this list is to help people learn. Not to please you "experts". so, unless someone now tells me that I have to use the same fonts with tkd, the same operating system 'oqranD used, or wear the same clothes he was wearing when he was writing the tkd, then I believe this matter is settled. {taghwI'pu' vIQaH vIneHmo' DaqDajDaq Hoch mu'tlhegh vIlan 'ej jIghItlhtaHvIS Degh {} vIlo'} {mu'tlhegh wIpoj neHchugh taghwI' vaj vIjangqang} {'a Degh boneHbogh vIlo'chugh vaj SuQaghhu'} {po'wI'qoqvaD jISaHQo'} {jIqeq 'ej latlhpu' QaH Dochmey neH vIneH} {po'wI'pu' belvaD QIn tetlhvam tu'lu'be'} {tujatlhbe'chugh tkd ngutlh Degh rap yIlo' nIqHom ram'e' lo'ta'bogh 'oqranD tIlo' Sut rap tuQta'bogh 'oqranD yIlo' vaj rIn} qunnoH jan puqloD On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 9:39 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
On 2 January 2017 at 20:14, Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se> wrote:
In any event, I suspect that punctuation might be less standardized in Klingon than it is in English, and therefore be used mainly for the sake of clarity and disambiguation.
When writing a single, simple sentence, as is often the case in TKD, punctuation might not be considered very important, and might even be completely optional.
When writing poetry, punctuation might follow (or boldly subvert!) the standards of the form one is using.
We're not talking about punctuation in {pIqaD}, of which we have examples in the SkyBox cards. We're talking about punctuation in the Latin transcription, which is a convention only. The convention established in canon for regular text (as opposed to poetry, or when dissecting a sentence for grammatical exposition) is to use commas, periods, and question marks as appropriate.
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