# Enterprise "The Communicator" (Spoilers maybe) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2002, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533 "2002-11-13T05:29:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/122 "2003-03-07T07:05:42Z")
pluraled because of many bees and many stingers. Ngoh sik gong Yingman, siusiu Gwongdongwa, siusiu Yahtman, tuhng siusiu Saibaanngahwa. (how do you do tone marks?) ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/123 "2003-03-07T13:00:49Z")
Dammit, Jim. Other people have birthdays, why are we treating yours as a funeral? ---
**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, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/124 "2003-03-07T13:06:00Z")
ich bin ein Berliner. Oder _eine_ Berliner… Berlinerin? Damn blasted gendered languages… Creo que es muy divertido hablar sobre El Viaje de Estrellas com mis amigos del SDMB! ---
**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, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/125 "2003-03-08T03:31:10Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kn_ckers \* > \*\*ich bin ein Berliner. Oder _eine_ Berliner… Berlinerin? > > Damn blasted gendered languages… > Creo que es muy divertido hablar sobre El Viaje de Estrellas com mis amigos del SDMB! \*\* * * * “I believe it’s very fun to talk about Star Trek with my friends of the SDMB.” Do I git me some extry credit, teechur? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/126 "2003-03-08T04:06:49Z")
Talkin’ like a bunch of damm furriners instead of Star Trek Federation Americans… ---
**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, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/127 "2003-03-08T07:08:04Z")
Xenophobes…I knew they were around here somewhere. ---
**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, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/128 "2003-03-08T07:10:45Z")
Well, it could be worse… he could be a Xenocide. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/129 "2003-03-08T14:35:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\*Xenophobes… \*\* Is that something else I have to wax? It ain’t furrin, is it? ---
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/130 "2003-03-08T23:28:22Z")
I think there was a writer in ye olden days named Xenophon. He was probably a furriner too! ---
**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, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/131 "2003-03-09T00:32:57Z")
OHMYGOD! I’ve reading that stupid word as FURRIER! this fonetick spelling has to stop ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/132 "2003-03-09T01:01:31Z")
That’s people from a distant land who make coats. Get a grip. 🙂 ---
**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, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/133 "2003-03-09T03:10:13Z")
I finally saw this episode. The opening scene had Archer, Malcolm and Hoshi returning from an alien world. Everyone knows that means decon! And with Hoshi! OMIGAH! I might finally get to see Naked Hoshi! :eek: But nooooooo. I don’t even get to see some gratuitous rubdowns! What a rip-off! This show gets negative fifty bajillion stars for bait and switch tactics! Boo! Hiss! :mad: ---
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/134 "2003-03-09T21:36:23Z")
**Aesiron’s** desired Enterprise Episode Sequel: “All The Decon Scenes We Were Cheated Out Of.” Yes, I can use a frikkin’ prepperzishun at the end of a sentence if I want to! ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/135 "2003-03-10T03:34:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*I finally saw this episode. The opening scene had Archer, Malcolm and Hoshi returning from an alien world. Everyone knows that means decon! And with Hoshi! OMIGAH! I might finally get to see Naked Hoshi! :eek: > > But nooooooo. I don’t even get to see some gratuitous rubdowns! What a rip-off! This show gets negative fifty bajillion stars for bait and switch tactics! Boo! Hiss! :mad: \*\* Check your email.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/136 "2003-03-10T03:39:15Z")
I am now the president of the Tars Tarkas Fan Club. 😃 ---
**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 10, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/137 "2003-03-10T03:43:13Z")
I want one! ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/138 "2003-03-10T03:44:50Z")
my new job is a porm spammer!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/139 "2003-03-10T03:46:21Z")
If I didn’t share my computer, this would _so_ be my new wallpaper. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/140 "2003-03-10T03:47:15Z")
NCB has some email to check… ---
**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 10, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533/141 "2003-03-10T03:51:50Z")
_ **SUH-WHEAT!** _ Thanks, Martian Dude! Shall we clue in the chicks to this? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-the-communicator-spoilers-maybe/136533.md?page=8)