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Data misunderstanding Earth idioms
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SatyrSack
quokk.au

SatyrSack@quokk.au
Joined: 2025-08-25
Posted:   Subject: Data misunderstanding Earth idioms Quote

Star Trek: The Next Generation S4E11 "Data's Day"

Actual dialog:

DATA: I would like to examine the remains of Ambassador T'Pel left on the transporter pad.
BEVERLY: I'm working on the report right now.
DATA: Have you compared the genetic code with the Ambassador's last-recorded transporter ID traces?
BEVERLY: No. That's not procedure. Why?
DATA: I could be chasing an untamed ornithoid without cause.
BEVERLY: [confused look] [pause] [realization] A wild-goose chase?
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Stampela
startrek.website
Stampela@startrek.website
Joined: 2023-06-16
#2 Posted:   Subject: Re: Data misunderstanding Earth idioms Quote Reply

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SatyrSack
quokk.au

SatyrSack@quokk.au
Joined: 2025-08-25
#3 Posted:   Subject: Re: Data misunderstanding Earth idioms Quote Reply
Stampela wrote:
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hopesdead
startrek.website

hopesdead@startrek.website
Joined: 2024-05-27
#4 Posted:   Subject: Re: Data misunderstanding Earth idioms Quote Reply

I thought you were trying trying to make a joke about how I-Chaya should be given the title of Ambassador.
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Sundray
lemmus.org

sundray@lemmus.org
Joined: 2023-12-19
#5 Posted:   Subject: Re: Data misunderstanding Earth idioms Quote Reply

“We may have defecated in the sleeping place.”
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Rob T Firefly
lemmy.world

rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-07
#6 Posted:   Subject: Re: Data misunderstanding Earth idioms Quote Reply
Sundray wrote:
“We may have defecated in the sleeping place.”

"We have twisted a spiraled metal fastener in an upward direction."
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