Odd question...
Dec. 22nd, 2003 02:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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If it's the Enterprise, the Defiant, shouldn't it be the Voyager? But it's not. Very very very annoying. And yet. On Voyager. They name their oh-so-l33t shuttle... the Delta Flyer.
Side note... what flying? It's more like propelling through space. For flying, you need air. Oh well, that at least makes sense of a sort.
Side note two... I need some star trek icons. Hold on while I find them.
Side note... what flying? It's more like propelling through space. For flying, you need air. Oh well, that at least makes sense of a sort.
Side note two... I need some star trek icons. Hold on while I find them.
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Date: 2003-12-21 11:42 pm (UTC)Conversely, the Enterprise, etc. are often referred to simply as Enterprise, etc.
As for flight, I think it's just an English bug, because we do have words such as "spaceflight." I mean, nobody ever says "sailing," yet they are travelling in "starships."
Incidentally, all of the bikes in my fleet are named after Star Trek ships. The one in the icon is the late Enterprise. I'll probably ride the Voyager mostly until I have the time to resurrect Enterprise (I use both conventions, article-less and article-ed myself)
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Date: 2003-12-21 11:58 pm (UTC)How many bikes do you have to have a fleet of them? And why?
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Date: 2003-12-22 12:09 am (UTC)Enterprise: Main commuter, but the frame done cracked in half. Oh well.
Voyager: For looooong trips. Light and fast.
Galileo: Folding bike. Used mostly for short trips and when secure parking is an issue.
Horizon: Cargo bike. For when a 3000 cu. in. messenger bag just ain't enough...
And sorry for spoiling the rant... But I have had the same thought about the Voyager issue, since it's *quite* rare that someone use the article when referring to the Voyager, whereas the norm with the other ships, as you said, is the other way around. :)
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Date: 2003-12-22 04:50 am (UTC)PS. Good point about the 'flying' myth!
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Date: 2003-12-22 04:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-22 06:30 am (UTC)That pisses me off more than anything, lol.
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Date: 2003-12-22 07:08 am (UTC)Given that they're lost in the back end of space with nothing familiar in sight, I can imagine that the people in it would start to think of Voyager less as a starship and more as a world, hence losing the article.
Or maybe it's just a plot hole. :)
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Date: 2003-12-21 11:42 pm (UTC)Conversely, the Enterprise, etc. are often referred to simply as Enterprise, etc.
As for flight, I think it's just an English bug, because we do have words such as "spaceflight." I mean, nobody ever says "sailing," yet they are travelling in "starships."
Incidentally, all of the bikes in my fleet are named after Star Trek ships. The one in the icon is the late Enterprise. I'll probably ride the Voyager mostly until I have the time to resurrect Enterprise (I use both conventions, article-less and article-ed myself)
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Date: 2003-12-21 11:58 pm (UTC)How many bikes do you have to have a fleet of them? And why?
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Date: 2003-12-22 12:09 am (UTC)Enterprise: Main commuter, but the frame done cracked in half. Oh well.
Voyager: For looooong trips. Light and fast.
Galileo: Folding bike. Used mostly for short trips and when secure parking is an issue.
Horizon: Cargo bike. For when a 3000 cu. in. messenger bag just ain't enough...
And sorry for spoiling the rant... But I have had the same thought about the Voyager issue, since it's *quite* rare that someone use the article when referring to the Voyager, whereas the norm with the other ships, as you said, is the other way around. :)
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Date: 2003-12-22 04:50 am (UTC)PS. Good point about the 'flying' myth!
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Date: 2003-12-22 04:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-22 06:30 am (UTC)That pisses me off more than anything, lol.
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Date: 2003-12-22 07:08 am (UTC)Given that they're lost in the back end of space with nothing familiar in sight, I can imagine that the people in it would start to think of Voyager less as a starship and more as a world, hence losing the article.
Or maybe it's just a plot hole. :)