[Tlhingan-hol] Six, Six, Six (song translation)

[SuStel]

On 6/1/2016 11:14 AM, Robyn Stewart wrote:
>
> For people who already read Klingon fluently, changing the 
> transcription system makes it hard to recognize the word shapes, 
> reducing reading to sounding out the words.  I skip messages on 
> English boards that are written with text speak, all caps, no caps, or 
> no punctuation. I do it because I assume that someone who can’t 
> conform with the basic conventions of communication in my language 
> probably doesn’t have anything to say that is worth the extra effort 
> on my part.  I would likely do the same were there a Klingon writing 
> system schism.
>

I am simply pointing out that this is a matter of inertia, not of 
practicality. English, for instance, has had centuries to evolve its 
letter-forms. When writers violate those well-established conventions, 
they are violating superior form as well as the expectations of billions 
of people. Klingon transcription letters were invented in, what, a day? 
There is nothing inherently superior in them, and the people who have 
acclimated themselves to them number in the mere dozens.I'd say English 
convention is a bit more well-established than Klingon convention.

These days and on the Internet non-standard writing styles does not 
necessarily indicate someone cannot conform to the "basic conventions of 
communication in [your] language." Internet culture has invented new 
forms. It is usually just as inappropriate to write with the level of 
formality I'm using here on such sites as it is to say "ur wrong lol" in 
a book. Communication evolves. Those who adopt new forms are not 
necessarily not worth paying attention to.

Again, I'm not advocating for a change in the list's official use of 
Okrand's transcription system, nor am I advocating that people blatantly 
ignore the official policy. I'm simply pointing out that the policy has 
its roots primarily in tradition, inertia, and, let's face it, 
curmudgeonliness, rather than in anything inherently superior about the 
system. I understand and appreciate the periodic calls for change, 
without joining them.


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SuStel
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