Re: VL - Vulcan in Vulcan
Jacqueline Y. Comben 
Mon, 20 Oct 1997 21:13:57 +0100

In message <199710201145,GAA04789*mail,uit,net>, Saul Epstein
<liberty*uit,net> writes
>I should point out that I may be the party responsible for "W~L'q'n."
>As I remember, someone asked, as others have done again recently,
>what Vulcans call Vulcan -- specifically what the Vulcan word for the
>planet was. I also remember that Marketa responded later saying that "W~L'q'n"
>was, indeed, the Vulcan word for Vulcan. I couldn't tell if she was
>just endorsing my suggestion or if I had guessed a match to something
>she or Zvelebil the Elder had come up with between editions of the
>ZC. And that's what I know. ;-,

How about the fact that T'Pau says, in Amok Time, "Art thee
W-L'q'n or art thee human?" In other words, it seems to me
W-L'q'n is canon!!!
>
>Of course, it is contrived in both cases, but I find this scenario,
>that the FedStandard words "Vulcan" and "Cardassia" derive from
>actual Vulcan and Cardassian words respectively, much preferable to
>the scenario in which Federation explorers "christen" other people as
>they see fit.

Precisely!

-- 
Jacqueline Y. Comben
Fire-breathing dragon and ex-lisper