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Christopher · December 8 2012, 04:41 AM

^But that doesn't address the consistency problem Takeru raised: namely, if every Vulcan proper noun we've heard over the decades has been easily pronounceable, why would Spock and Sarek's family name be such an extreme exception?

December 8 2012, 04:41 AM	#86
Christopher Writer	Re: Aliens with one name vs. aliens with two names ^But that doesn't address the consistency problem Takeru raised: namely, if every Vulcan proper noun we've heard over the decades has been easily pronounceable, why would Spock and Sarek's family name be such an extreme exception? __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog