The New List & Voting Once More
Ryan McReynolds 
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 13:31:15 -0500

I like the change from <dzh> to <j>, and I agree that the <sh> needs to be
added.  Furthermore, the <th> was a careless mistake, it should indeed
represent an aspirated <t>.  I also left out the basic <s> as in "Sarek" or
"sehlat."  I've got <x> as in "xerox."  So that makes the revised list:

VOWELS (7)

a  e  i  ii  o  u  uu

CONSONANTS (32)

b ch d dh f g h k kh l m n ng ny p q r rr s sh t th ts v w wh whl x y z zh '

Is there any additions, deletions, or other modifications that anyone thinks
are necessary to this proposed transcription system?  I'm just laying it
here on the table, and I am more than open to suggestions.  If nobody has
any problems with this system (particularly Marketa) then I'd like to add it
to the list to be voted on.  I, for one, really feel an urgent need to
standardize the Vulcan transcription ASAP, whether we use the Zvelebil,
Epstein, or McReynolds transcription system.  The longer we wait on this,
the harder it will be to ultimately convert everything over.  It seems to me
that the transcription system is pretty much an integral part of the task of
creating a language, eh?

That said, I think it is pretty obvious that I would vote for my own system;
after all, I created it!  If nobody minds keeping up with a running tote
board so we'll actually be able to see what's happening, that gives us:

Zvelebil: 0
Epstein: 0
McReynolds: 1
ISA Symbols: 0

Wow, I'm in the lead!  Just joking of course, this shouldn't be some sort of
contest, it should be a simple vote to decide what system people find
easiest to use for the purposes of learning and writing the Vulcan language.
Who's next into the voting booth?  I'm done here, methinks.

-McReynolds