Re: Vulcan
Saul R. Epstein 
Sat, 12 Apr 1997 21:55:11 -0500

From: Jacqueline Y. Comben <hotlisp*rhossili,demon,co,uk>
Date: Saturday, April 12, 1997 3:38 PM
 
> In message <199704120240,VAA08433*mail,uit,net> "Saul R. Epstein"
writes:
> > 
> > I'm almost as curious to know an explanation internal to the ST
> > universe as to how the planet/people came to be known in Standard
as
> > "Vulcan." My preferred explanation would be that the actual name
> > sounds something like it. Actually, this looks like a perfect
place
> > to use Professor Zvelebil's /w~l/ sound. Suppose the planet's
name is
> > W~L'q^n.
> That is exactly what I've always thought. What would W~Lq^n mean?

How about "home?" The Vulcan people then might have a completely
different name...

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