Seven Words in TNG

and was later unable to ask to

 

be brought back. It was an embarrassing

 

because he was unable to talk about

 

the things that were important to him

 

, and the things that were important to

 

other people too. He needed to get

 

back to the ship quick and couldn't

 

. Fortunately, Picard needed to ask something to

 

Riker and that's when they realized that

 

Data was learning to speak French to

 

understand everything Picard was saying so

 

he could follow orders with an increased

 

awareness of his power to captivate the

 

audience by adding a few French "bon mots"

 

.

"Data, have you learned how the French

 

eat their Camembert, yet?" Asked Picard.


"I

 

have found eleven different variations, Captain. Which

 

I find most fascinating. I never realized

 

that the French were so enamoured with

 

their own selves that they would attach