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

[mayqel qunenoS]

this may sound strange..

but as I've said before, the reason which draws me to klingon ,as a
flame draws a moth, is its capital letters.

the reason which motivates me more than anything to become better, is
exactly these capital letters.

if klingon didn't have the capital letters, I would not learn it ; if
someone forced to me to write in lower case, I would quit it, or have
a chat about the forehead of his mother -probably the latter-..

Quvar :
> okrandian writing system [...] many people regard
> it being non-serious and make fun of Klingon only because
> it looks so strange.

at ds9 there is a scene, where someone says to gowron :
"..chancellor, in my opinion.."

and before he has a chance to finish, gowron interrupts him and says :
"..did I ask for your opinion..?"

So, for all those people, this reply is the best response.

qunnoq

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 6:35 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> 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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>
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