Re: Vulcan names
Saul Epstein 
Sat, 10 Oct 1998 13:52:34 -0500

Quotes from: Sorik of Vulcan <surak_1*hotmail,com>
Date: Saturday, October 10, 1998 12:38 PM
 
> Quotes from: "Saul Epstein" <locus*planetkc,com>
> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 18:42:51 -0500
>
> >Actually, it's a highly symbolic logic. (That's a pun,
> >yall: be calm.) But seriously, I did not mean to imply
> >anything as to the significance -- if any -- of the time
> >or accompanying signs. Merely that such can be used as a
> >source for parts of names if each newborn is customarily
> >given a unique name.
> 
> (Slowly) Possibly.  Like someone else posted today or
> yesterday, Vulcan traditions are not neccessarily logical,
> but Vulcan nonetheless, and that the reason for this is
> that Vulcans want to preserve tradition.  (I personally
> think it has to do with a reminder of how passion can lead
> to war).  So it is possible that an illogical tradition
> such as astrology could still be seen in something like
> modern names.

<eye roll> I should have said "accompanying phenomena" rather than
"accompanying signs," to prevent the more-than-implication of
significance. What I'm talking about is constructing a name out of
any combination of

     time of day in hour/minute/second analogues
     number or name of day of week analogue (if any)
     day of month
     number or name of month
     season
     year
     reference to something notable at or around the time
          such as a big storm, the discovery of a new spring,
          a successful hunt, a good harvest
     reference to something notable about the newborn
          such as unusual eye color, difficult birth,
          cries very little

Though any of these could form part of a total symbolism that could
include astrology, I do not mean to suggest astrology specifically OR
that the role of such things be superstitious now or in the past for
Vulcans. (They likely were in the past, but that's beside the point.)
If a name is created for an individual at birth, it could be that
such references are used in the construction, unless the namers just
pick pleasing sounds. That's all I meant, and all that's probably
relevent.

> In fact, I like 
> this idea.  Do we know much about what the constellations look like
from 
> a Vulcan observer.  I know, they are different constellations 
> altogether.

People could get very imaginative about that, probably. Or very
technical. I don't think any work has been done on it, though. A
topic for a vulcan-astrology list, perhaps. (I'll bet THAT would
raise a few eyebrows.)

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