Re: VL - Vulcan in Vulcan McReynolds Sat, 18 Oct 1997 10:39:59 -0500 -----Original Message----- From: Saul Epstein To: vulcan-l*shikahr,com,inter,net Cc: vulcan-linguistics*shikahr,com,inter,net Date: Thursday, October 16, 1997 11:50 AM Subject: Re: VL - Vulcan in Vulcan >From: Rob Zook >Subject: Re: VL - Vulcan in Vulcan > > >>At 07:37 AM 10/16/97 M, Pat wrote: >>>Rob wrote: >>>>Marketa answered this in Message-Id: 4699 Wed, 8 Oct 1997 09:24:44 -0700: >>>> >>>>" The name of the planet is W~L'q'n" I was just wondering why the name of Vulcan given in novels and other Trek guides was abandoned in favor of W~L'q'n. There are many references to "novel Vulcan" throughout the lexicon, and it seems to be an integral part. For example, t'hy'la is included, as well as words from "Spock's World." Outside of the Vulcan Language being developed here, Vulcan was always called T'Khasi by the natives. Personally, I find W~L'q'n very contrived and coincidental. I can see how, hypothetically, humans might hear the word, associate it with the old god Vulcan, and then call their planet that. But it is still a little TOO similar for my tastes. For example, in Gelet's kardasi, I always felt that the planet we call Cardassia being called "kardass^a" (kar-das-sha) was VERY contrived. At least Okrand (well, Paramount, but that's a different story) chose Qo'noS for the Klingon home world, rather than the silly-sounding "Kling." In other words, I would prefer to see the planet called something alien (T'Khasi works fine for me) and just say that humans called it "Vulcan" before meeting the inhabitants than having such a glaring backfit. -McReynolds P,S. Note that I have absolutely NO linguistic training or background, but I find languages fascinating; hence, I'm on this list to learn rather than help create the language or even really discuss it. So, feel free to completely disregard my comments! ;-)