At 18:06 +0100 2004-01-15, Philippe Verdy wrote:
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 > Michael Everson scripsit:
 > >
 > > yIjachQo'. vItlhob.
 >
Demonstrating once again that the One True Script for Klingon is Latin.

Not really: look at how uppercase letters are used: case mapping, which is quite safe in languages written with the Latin script, completely breaks the Klingon text...

Michael did not write: "Yijachqo'. Vitlhob."

Many Latin-script languages write capital letters in non-initial positions. Irish does quite regularly: "an tS�n" 'China'. Breton does sometimes. It is common in transliterations of Tibetan.


Of course, Philippe seems to be suggesting that the One True Script for Klingon is *not* Latin, because he thinks that yIjachQo' is not Latin, while Yijach1o' is. Which is, well, incredible.
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Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com




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