Conlang Orthography

[bloodyrosemccoy]

I have begun referring to random meaningless apostrophes in fantasy and sci-fi stories as "prepostrophes."

On another note, maybe the more conscientious spec fic conlangers may want to start representing glottal stops with hyphens instead. I know I connect the sound to hyphens far more readily. Howbout you?

Comments

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

You could always use a diæresis to show hiatus, like in "naïve" or "noël". English and French both do this (though it's fallen out of fashion in English). Tolkien also used it in his languages for that purpose, as well as on final E so English-speakers wouldn't assume it was silent (I'm stealing that idea for Ilion).