Go here: http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/Punctuation Scroll to the "klingonists convention", and read the table. (Irrelevant sidenote: I always found the word "scroll" to have a "dirty" sound.. I read scroll and my mind goes to Hut'In vil..) Anyways.. According to the aforementioned table, we have: Curly braces {tlhIngan Hol} Klingon words in English text Angled brackets <<quote>> Quoting spoken words in Klingon text Asterisks *mu'qoq* indicates Klingon spelling of a non-canon word Asterisks *English* English words in Klingon text Single Asterisk *pong indicates a Klingon name that's not canon I want to ask two things: 1. Why do I need to use angled brackets, to quote spoken words in klingon text ? If I want to say "michael said ancient cats are expensive", then I write the quotation after a comma. i.e. {jatlh mayqel, wagh vIghro'mey tIQ}. So, what's with the angled brackets ? 2. What if I have a klingon name, which is a Ca'Non klingon word which actually means something ? e.g., as with the klingon name of Daniel, which is {Hugh} ? Then what do I do ? Suppose I want to write "{nI'ghma'}s ancient cat married {Hugh}'s dog". How do I do it ? {Hugh *dog* Sawpu' *nI'ghma' vIghro' tIQ} {*Hugh *dog* Sawpu' *nI'ghma' vIghro' tIQ} {*Hugh* *dog* Sawpu' *nI'ghma' vIghro' tIQ} Of course, the table of the wiki isn't Ca'Non, but the result of a convention, of the closest equivalent to klingons in real life (which unfortunately it's us..); but I wonder what this convention holds with regards to the questions above. ~ m. qunen'oS I wrote, "..but the result of a convention, of the closest equivalent to klingons in real life (which unfortunately it's us..)" because I don't like klingons..