End apostrophe abuse--A 12-step program
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jimhines.
When I first worked out idomeni names for the Jani series, I did fling apostrophes about. "Haárin" began life as "Ha'arin," which would work, glottal stop-wise. But some names, I'm guessing, didn't.
Around that time, I stumbled over a Usenet thread in which the overuse of apostrophes in SF/F was discussed and slammed. I went back to my idomeni names and worked out the left and right accent mark system that became a way to differentiate bornsect and Haárin names and words. In the end, I think it was a better path. I still see lots of apostrophes in SF/F names and words, but not many accent marks.
jimhines. When I first worked out idomeni names for the Jani series, I did fling apostrophes about. "Haárin" began life as "Ha'arin," which would work, glottal stop-wise. But some names, I'm guessing, didn't.
Around that time, I stumbled over a Usenet thread in which the overuse of apostrophes in SF/F was discussed and slammed. I went back to my idomeni names and worked out the left and right accent mark system that became a way to differentiate bornsect and Haárin names and words. In the end, I think it was a better path. I still see lots of apostrophes in SF/F names and words, but not many accent marks.
