Re: Vulcan names
Saul Epstein 
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:13:22 -0500

From: Sorik of Vulcan <surak_1*hotmail,com>
Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 1:43 PM


>One question I have for the list is whether there should be a
>distinction between <ok> and <ock>.  The sound is the same (again, to
my
>American-English speaking analasis), so it would seem kind of
pointless
>to have two when there could easily be one. Or perhaps Spock should
be
>written <S>+<p>+<o+kh>?


Is there a problem with <s>+<p>+<o+k>, and <t>+<u+v>+<o+k>? You
already have an isolated <p> in T'pel.

>I think there still needs to be another symbol for a masculine <T>
since
>Tuvok is hardly femamine.

If you just assign the indication of gender to the long stroke running
on the left or the right, it would allow for much greater flexibility
in this regard...

--
from Saul Epstein
locus*planetkc,com - www,planetkc,com/locus
"Surakri' ow'phacur the's'hi the's'cha'; the's'pharka
    the's'hi surakecha'."
                                        -- K'dvarin Urswhl'at