Names for Languages/Dialects Saul Epstein Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:23:27 -0600 Since we now have dialects of more than one language to deal with, it may be that we should put some effort towards naming them more precisely. I mean, in the dialects themselves, the name of the language can just be a word meaning "Vulcan" or "Vulcan Language" or whatever. But we already have the English or "Standard" label of "Old High Vulcan" for one dialect of one language, and we have "Modern Vulcan" emerging for another. I'd like to suggest that we get more specific with our English label for ZC Vulcan, because "Modern" by itself suggests that it is Vulcan in perhaps too broad a sense. Perhaps it could be the "Modern" form of something called Common, Trade, Exchange, Union, or Federal Vulcan. -- from Saul Epstein locus*planetkc,com - www,planetkc,com/locus "Surakri' ow'phatsur the's'hi the's'tca'; the's'pharka the's'hi suraketca'." -- K'dvarin Urswhl'at