Vulcan spelling
MDriest 
Mon, 6 Apr 1998 17:06:43 -0400

Greetings all,

Today, I received an explanation from Saul about the 'motto' he always pu=
ts
under his mails. Thanks Saul!  (I refer to: Surak ow'phaaper
the's'hi......)

The verb 'to save', he translates as phaar. I can accept that.
The only thing I wonder about is why he uses a bracket of two vowels =

when Vulcan ZC already has 'long vowels' to begin with.
The word could also be:  pha:r. Or is there a difference between 'aa' and=

'a:'?
Except in the Vulcan for yes, a:, I've never seen the long vowels used.
Why is that?

Another thing I fail to understand is why "Surak saved" is translated
litterally
"Surak he saved" (Surak ow'phaaper) and "we must save" is "the's'phaadzha=
r"
Why not translate "Surak phaaper" or "Surak'phaaper" as well?

Peace and long life,


Sorahl cha'Sereth
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