So what would you call say, an Andorian who was born on Earth and whose family moved there centuries ago and adopted Earth's culture as their own? An Andorian-Terran?
Or, y'know, a Federate.
Humans are from Earth
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So what would you call say, an Andorian who was born on Earth and whose family moved there centuries ago and adopted Earth's culture as their own? An Andorian-Terran?
Or, y'know, a Federate.
Truly LOL
What about the Xindi? Was the name of their destroyed home world ever mentioned?
I do believe it was called Xindus.
The UT is probably programmed to render the alien word in a term the listener will understand and relate to in the intended way. A Klingon word for human might more directly translate to "homosapien," such that a human might overhear some Klingon telling Worf "You've spent too much time with these homos, you've gotten soft!" resulting in a rather tragic misunderstanding.
I think it's a good question.
AFAIK, it all comes down to species versus place of origin. Our species is human, but our planet of origin is Earth/Terra. We can be referred to as human, by our country of origin, or by Terran--it all depends upon the context.
On a local level, you can be born of a certain country, and you'd be referred to within the confines of Earth as being from that country (e.g. American, French, Irish, etc), but that doesn't indicate your species, nor subdivision within (i.e. race). A person will be called Irish because they were born in Ireland, and the dominant race there is Caucasian. But you could easily be of another race and still be referred to as Irish.
I've no doubt that on Vulcan, there are a number of variations on the "homo sapien" beings. Is it just a coincidence that both the species and planet are both called Vulcan? I think so. When Spock talks of his physiology, he says he is Vulcan. He doesn't mention any other designation. Unlike someone from Earth, who would say they are human in physiology, not Terran.
So, it's up to the writers to pay attention to an appropriate level of being classification. Certainly with the Klingons, their homeworld isn't called Klingon or Klingonia. It's Qo'noS. In some cases, writers made that distinction while in others they didn't. I guess it all depends upon how much attention will be paid to them (guest versus recurring beings).
AFAIK, it all comes down to species versus place of origin. Our species is human, but our planet of origin is Earth/Terra. We can be referred to as human, by our country of origin, or by Terran--it all depends upon the context.
On a local level, you can be born of a certain country, and you'd be referred to within the confines of Earth as being from that country (e.g. American, French, Irish, etc), but that doesn't indicate your species, nor subdivision within (i.e. race). A person will be called Irish because they were born in Ireland, and the dominant race there is Caucasian. But you could easily be of another race and still be referred to as Irish.
I've no doubt that on Vulcan, there are a number of variations on the "homo sapien" beings. Is it just a coincidence that both the species and planet are both called Vulcan? I think so. When Spock talks of his physiology, he says he is Vulcan. He doesn't mention any other designation. Unlike someone from Earth, who would say they are human in physiology, not Terran.
So, it's up to the writers to pay attention to an appropriate level of being classification. Certainly with the Klingons, their homeworld isn't called Klingon or Klingonia. It's Qo'noS. In some cases, writers made that distinction while in others they didn't. I guess it all depends upon how much attention will be paid to them (guest versus recurring beings).
The word “Vulcanian” was used in some early Trek TOS episodes. Eventually the term was dropped and “Vulcan” was used as a noun for both the planet and its native people, as well as an adjective.
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