That's not even a proper nose. It's polystyrene.
I didn't know Spock was Welsh...
Spock's last name
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That's not even a proper nose. It's polystyrene.
I didn't know Spock was Welsh...
The name originally came from D.C. Fontana, who was almost certainly joking when she came up with it. (I say 'almost' only because I don't know her mind, but it's pretty clear she was joking.)
Jane Wyatt (the actress who played Spock's mom in "Journey To Babel" and The Voyage Home) once joked, when asked by fans at a convention what his first name was, that it was "Harold." 
You need multiple tongue piercings to be able to pronounce it.
Jacques Spock. French is classy!
Just don't ever let him say it backwards or he will be sent back into the 5th Dimension.
Spock Saurekson. As in son of Saurek.
Spock of the House of Solkar'y'T'manaadvoratelundar.
Spocky McSpockFace
This latter could also be taken as indicating that Kirk pronounces both "Sarek" and "Spock" all wrong, and that Spock has learned to tolerate the offense while Sarek seethes sarcasm when stooping to pronouncing it the Kirk way. It's only in connection with the "another name" thing from "This Side of Paradise" that the concept of a shared surname becomes the more appealing one.
Or then Vulcans simply happen to be very particular about how their names are pronounced. Finnish is easily and unambiguously transliterated, say, and there are no "unless it's Tuesday and there's rain" exceptions to it. Yet it would be quite challenging for somebody used to "Timothy" to pronounce "Timo" the Finnish way - there's simply too much of force of habit driving the English (or German, Russian or Spanish) speaker to aspirate the T and round out the austere O and to take too much note of the very lazy M. "Spock", for its seeming simplicity, could also be all about the nuances...
...Especially if the Sons of Surak all insist on those S***k names and the potential for confusion is considerable!
TImo Saloniemi
I absolutely refuse to pronounce "Saint John" as "Sin Jin," I don't care what Stringfellow Hawk says.
And to quote the second page of Spock's file: "Spock's lineal or dynastic name is XTMPRSZNTWLFD, sexisyllabic, although it would never be used among outworlders. His patronymic, which precedes the proper name on formal occasions, is SAREKU".
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcar...l/USS-Enterprise-Officers-Manual_Page_021.jpg
Well, that sure explains a lot…
Ah, I miss Trek fandom (and its publications) of the 80's!
Looks like something we see at the eye doctor's.And to quote the second page of Spock's file: "Spock's lineal or dynastic name is XTMPRSZNTWLFD, sexisyllabic, although it would never be used among outworlders. His patronymic, which precedes the proper name on formal occasions, is SAREKU".
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcar...l/USS-Enterprise-Officers-Manual_Page_021.jpg
Well, that sure explains a lot…
Ah, I miss Trek fandom (and its publications) of the 80's!
Thanks. Schenectady, Snakes and Ladders, Tool and Die
Turned me into a newt.
I kind thought Spock's other name was Mxyzptlk. If he said it backwards then he be sent to the Mirror Universe for 90 days.
I was sure it was Qwertyuiop!
It only seems to work with Vulcans though, the others seem unaffected, except for a facial scar sometimes (e.g. Sulu).
Huh, I don't remember that ever being said. Is that more book stuff?
The idea that vulcan last names are hard to say is kinda silly, they all have first names that are incredibly easy to pronounce but the last name is some kind of tongue twister? And it would have to be true for all vulcans because not a single one ever introduced him or herself with their full name.
Personally I think vulcans only have one name and Amanda was just kidding, she probably planned for Kirk to call Spock "Mr. Grmpflogsymprifgrm" just for shits and giggles with him turning to her and saying "Again, mother?"
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