{"id":23732,"date":"2020-03-04T16:21:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T00:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23732"},"modified":"2020-03-04T16:21:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T00:21:18","slug":"the-naming-of-romulans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/04\/the-naming-of-romulans\/","title":{"rendered":"The Naming of Romulans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1827,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\\\/wiki\\\/The_Impossible_Box_(episode)&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260221114127\\\/https:\\\/\\\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\\\/wiki\\\/The_Impossible_Box_(episode)&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-03 16:45:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 17:24:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 02:21:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-14 19:40:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 10:03:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 10:03:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1828,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\\\/wiki\\\/Category:Romulans&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260125011945\\\/https:\\\/\\\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\\\/wiki\\\/Category:Romulans&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-03 16:45:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 17:24:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 10:04:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 10:04:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>A bit of silliness. Very minor spoiler for <a href=\"https:\/\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Impossible_Box_(episode)\">ST:PIC S01E06<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  The Naming of Romulans is a difficult matter,<br \/>\n  It isn&#8217;t just one of your holiday games;<br \/>\n  You may think at first I&#8217;m as mad as a hatter<br \/>\n  When I tell you, a Romulan must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.<br \/>\n  First of all, there&#8217;s the name that the family use daily,<br \/>\n  Such as Pardek, Colius, Donatra or Vrax,<br \/>\n  Such as Vreenak or Tomalak, Thei or Rekar\u2014<br \/>\n  All of them sensible everyday names.<br \/>\n  There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,<br \/>\n  Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:<br \/>\n  Such as Parem, Tal\u2019aura, Karina, Livara\u2014<br \/>\n  But all of them sensible everyday names.<br \/>\n  But I tell you, a Romulan needs a name that&#8217;s particular,<br \/>\n  A name that&#8217;s peculiar, and more dignified,<br \/>\n  Else how can he keep up his ears perpendicular,<br \/>\n  Or spread out his schemes, or cherish his pride?<br \/>\n  Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,<br \/>\n  Such as Alidar Jarok, Zhaban, or Telek R\u2019Mor,<br \/>\n  Such as Narissa Rizzo, or else Caithlin Dar-<br \/>\n  Names that never belong to more than one Romulan.<br \/>\n  But above and beyond there&#8217;s still one name left over,<br \/>\n  And that is the name that you never will guess;<br \/>\n  The name that no human research can discover&#8211;<br \/>\n  But THE ROMULAN HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.<br \/>\n  When you notice a Romulan in profound meditation,<br \/>\n  The reason, I tell you, is always the same:<br \/>\n  His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation<br \/>\n  Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:<br \/>\n  His ineffable effable<br \/>\n  Effanineffable<br \/>\n  Deep and inscrutable singular Name.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(No, they don&#8217;t rhyme. But I limited myself to those <a href=\"https:\/\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\/wiki\/Category:Romulans\">named Romulans listed at Memory Alpha<\/a>, so that&#8217;s what you get.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bit of silliness. 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