Re: VL - Vulcan in Vulcan
Saul Epstein 
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 12:24:07 -0500

At 02:58 PM 10/20/97 -0700, T'Mara wrote:

>>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!!!
>
>I don't care what ya call it, but whatever you do, can you just spell it so
>it LOOKS GOOD???
>
>>:-)

The short answer is "no." If I write "flkn," does that look "good?" Or at
least "better?" Because it's close...

The /w~l/ is going to be very difficult for English-speakers and many others
to pronounce. So it's only appropriate that it LOOK hard to pronounce.

Of course, it would look better to me if we had a more flexible character
set. Imagine the ~ mark ABOVE the w. (Or below it.)

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