martillo@ihuxt.UUCP (Yehoyaqim Martillo) (06/21/84)
But everyone calls Spock Mr. Spock even though Spock is a personal and not
a family name. Interestingly, no other Vulcan male was called Mr.
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Yehoyaqim Shemtob Martillo
(An Equal Opportunity Offender)weutil@ih1ap.UUCP (David Pope) (06/21/84)
[] The 'Mr.' part of 'Mr. Spock' is probably 'Mister', a holdover from the Navy for addressing fellow officers. I've never heard Uhura refered to as 'Mister'. (Although Lincoln did call her a Negress.) David L. Pope Mail --> ihnp4!nwuxc!random
pooh@ut-sally.UUCP (Wendy P. Nather) (06/22/84)
It is not clear to me whether Spock is a family name or personal name. In "This Side of Paradise," Leila says (approx.), "You never told me if you had a first name, Mr. Spock." Spock looks at her and says gently, "You couldn't pronounce it." Any other instances? pooh
martillo@ihuxt.UUCP (Yehoyaqim Martillo) (06/24/84)
>It is not clear to me whether Spock is a family name or personal >name. In "This Side of Paradise," Leila says (approx.), "You never >told me if you had a first name, Mr. Spock." Spock looks at her >and says gently, "You couldn't pronounce it." If Spock is a family name, why isn't Sarek also Mr. Spock? Family names and first names are not the same in the far east. Perhaps the same is true of Leila's ethnic group or of Vulcans. Amanda makes a statement about being able to pronounce the family name after a fashion in the Babel episode. I do not remember it exactly. -- Yehoyaqim Shemtob Martillo (An Equal Opportunity Offender)