# All Trek, All the time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021 "2003-02-28T00:24:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/121 "2003-03-07T13:15:21Z")
in case you wondered, **viva** , it’s “Auf Wiedersehen”… So, you weren’t that far off. “Wiedersehen” = “later-to-see.” This message brought to you by the Germanic Spelling Council. _“Creating long-ass compound words since 700 AD.”_ I’ll beat her sane.\* \*Ouch, this phonetics game is harder that it looks! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/122 "2003-03-08T03:32:39Z")
Danke Schoen, Dar\*ling, Danke Schoen… (sp?) Sprechen zee Dork? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/123 "2003-03-08T05:30:24Z")
ghobe’ 'ach jIH jatlh tlhIngan. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/124 "2003-03-08T06:48:09Z")
Hmmmm…that last word is “Klingon.” I only get 1 point. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/125 "2003-03-08T06:51:33Z")
“No, but I speak Klingon”. Or so says the spiffy generator I found… the only word of it I know is the ever popular _p’taQ_. I bow to your superior geekiness. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/126 "2003-03-08T06:53:53Z")
:sniffle: That’s the nicest compliment I’ve had in a while. ---
**Author:** ![McJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@McJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McJohn)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/127 "2003-03-08T21:35:14Z")
Actually, “Auf Wiedersehn” is a contraction without the apostrophe (Gracious Goddess, aren’t German compound nouns long enough?) for “Auf Wiedersehen”. It can be loosely and confusingly rendered in English as “In anticipation of again [we] see [each other].” What interests me about the variant Vivalostwages proposed, “Auf Wiederschein”, is how startlingly appropriate it would be as a Trek farewell. You see, it means “Until we appear again.” Like on a transporter pad, with the sparklies and everything. I vote we adopt it immediately as an official Trek saying. A friend and I were trying to figure out this morning if “Carpe diem” might actually mean “beat the fish.” Um… it was his idea, I swear. (I do apologize for getting so geeky about German grammar, but I paid twenty thousand dollars to be able to do it, and, as you might imagine, it ain’t like the opportunity comes up all that often.) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/128 "2003-03-08T21:49:38Z")
So long as you ain’t one of them there Star Wars nerds, you’re fine wit’ me, **McJohn**. We can’t be havin’ those sorts of people 'round here. Auf Wiederschein. ---
**Author:** ![McJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@McJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McJohn)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/129 "2003-03-08T21:55:12Z")
Um… I never got into “Star Wars”. I’m sorry. Not enough booty-kicking babes in “Star Wars”. It’s left huge gaps in my cultural surround, and many people regard my claim to be an American with grave suspicion as a result. [Transporter sound effect] Auf Wiederschein. [\Transporter sound effect] ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/130 "2003-03-09T00:37:25Z")
I hope it isn’t adopted. I can’t spell _auf wiedersehen_ as it is. If we have to change it to _auf wiederschein_ every time, I’ll just be lost. May Escaltor stomp you all! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/131 "2003-03-09T21:34:31Z")
Speaking of All Trek…I just had a Crewman Daniels sighting last night. He took over Jack Nicholson’s position upon his retirement, in **About Schmidt**. I was expecting the Geeky Chubby Vulcan Guy to show up at some point, but he did not materalize. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/132 "2003-03-09T21:40:01Z")
😕 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/133 "2003-03-09T21:44:49Z")
What’s wrong, NCB? You are disappointed? You are confused? You do not know what to say? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/134 "2003-03-09T21:51:21Z")
I have no clue as to what you are saying. There, you happy? Geeky chubby vulcan guy = ? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/135 "2003-03-09T21:53:08Z")
The guy in “Fusion,” from the ship of Vulcans Without Logic. I think he befriended Trip. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/136 "2003-03-09T21:57:56Z")
Ah… You _are_ good. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/137 "2003-03-09T22:13:48Z")
You sound like Pakled now. I am good. We look for things. Things that make us go. This is NCB. He is my friend. You think we are not smart? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/138 "2003-03-09T22:23:19Z")
I seriously liked the Pakleds. Reminded me of home. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/139 "2003-03-09T23:14:11Z")
I though Geeky chubby Vulcan guy was the engineer from Voyager that tried to have hot monkey sex with B’ellana. Can’t remember the name of him to save my life though. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021/140 "2003-03-09T23:35:47Z")
But, he wasn’t chubby, was he? I liked the muderous Betazoid guy from _V’ger_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021.md?page=8)