Re: USAGE: What to do about punctuation?

> Date:    Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:41:27 -0400
> From:    "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
> Subject: USAGE: What to do about punctuation?
>
> Those of you who have created your own scripts, what have you done
> punctuationwise?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> -Mark

Hey Mark,
So far, Slaleg ikren has nearly no punctuation in its script. The end of
sentances are wrapped into the words with the same consonant inflection
used to mark the end of clauses. The only current punctuation is the
leading and trailing quotation marks. If a writer wants to imply a pause
between words, it is usually represented by spacing the words a bit
further apart than normal. If the quotes were not so important, I might
be tempted to remove them altogether. However, they serve the vital role
of allowing otherwise ungrammatical things to be said without being
ungrammatical. Hopefully I will be able to post a sample up online
somewhere soon.