Re: Voyager "Displaced" Vulcan ritual McReynolds Thu, 18 Dec 1997 21:04:02 -0600 -----Original Message----- From: Rob Zook To: vulcan-linguistics*shikahr,com,inter,net Date: Thursday, December 18, 1997 5:06 PM Subject: Re: Voyager "Displaced" Vulcan ritual >At 04:20 PM 12/18/97 -0600, McReynolds wrote: >> >>So, my vote is to include all the Vulcan we can, even if some of it is >>archaic or not in common usage. > >I can agree with the sentiment, but what do we do when something >from Voyager directly conflicts with something in the ZC? Explain it away with a cheap excuse of course! ;-) My problem is that, like it or not, these words are Vulcan language, y'know? If it directly contradicts the ZC, that's too bad for us, I guess! I mean, if you get down to it, we're the fan boys trying to create a language based on THEIR show. If it goes a direction we don't like with that language, then we just have to grit our teeth and bear through it. Like I said before, we luckily have the luxury of ritual to explain away most of the contradictory or distasteful words. They don't have to fit the ZC, because they don't have to come from the fictitious origin of the ZC. And besides, logical or not, the Vulcans have to have SOME variations or exceptions to the rule. >Well, I'd like to agree with that. However, season 4 included the >appearance of Jeri Ryan, and I can't help feeling my new liking of the >show has a more..,biological rather than rational basis. Heh... I know where you're coming from, man! But seriously, I feel that the quality of writing on the show, with a few exceptions, has dramatically improved over more disastrous early ventures. "Threshold" comes to mind... -McReynolds