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Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 1x02 - "Maps and Legends"
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It's get back on topic eventually, by hook or by crook...
Have you ever actually worked in for for the military? They're *always* renaming terms and just *love* to invent new acronyms for things they've been doing the same way for years.
Payphones are actually still a thing, although not nearly as common as they once were.
The phrase dates back to the earliest phones, so I’m not sure it counts as contemporary. But it is persistent
Not saying they don't. Just as I am sure you are not trying to claim that the military does not value history and tradition.
What I am saying is I really don't look to find fault with every nuance of a new Star Trek series. If there is a plausible reason to give them the benefit of the doubt, therefore a pass, then I do. That's all.
The phrase dates back to the earliest phones, so I’m not sure it counts as contemporary. But it is persistent
It may not be contemporary but these do provide a folksy short hand for viewers. It would sound even weirder if the writers took to trying to invent "modern" 24th century terms for everything.
At the end of the day, it's a show for people to watch in the here and now. Woe betide any sci-fi writer that attempts to anticipate future slang and colloquialisms. It's either going to date very badly, or end up sounding like broken gibberish.
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i dig it.
I actually dislike when they use too obviously contemporary language in Star Trek, but 'hang up' really doesn't bother me. It is exactly the sort of expression that would live on even when its origins are long forgotten. There are countless examples of such things happening.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/danieldalton/36-unexpected-origins-of-everyday-british-phrases
https://www.buzzfeed.com/danieldalton/36-unexpected-origins-of-everyday-british-phrases
You don't work in an office setting then.
We use VoIP phones and they still have handsets you can "hang up".
Although, it can be kind of fun in a retro-futuristic way once we've move well past the era these were invented, like this from the early 1980s (The Tuning is also fun in a similar kind of way):
https://www.contemporary-art.org/Multimedia/Spaxter-Works-31785.html
Sometimes old phrases and colloquialisms can make a comeback. I've broken my right hip and had it surgically repaired. I refer to it as my "trick" hip.
I don't, but I also live in Finland. Offices predominately use cellphones here. Landlines are almost completely gone. Most operators do no longer provide service for them and it is projected that the last few remaining landline phones will go offline during this year. I should have realised that the rest of the world is lagging behind...You don't work in an office setting then.
As it happens, it all rather fits into the obsession most Earth natives seem to have with everything pre-WWIII. It's clearly a planet trying to recreate the past while still living in the future. Seriously, name one recurring holodeck program from TNG, DS9, or VOY that wasn't rooted in the 20th Century.
I think Bashir once even commented on the lack of original ideas in 24th century human culture, where everything is just a reinterpretation of older works.
Earth isn't just a well manicured utopic garden, it's a living museum world. It shouldn't surprise that this also extends to language and speech.
I think Bashir once even commented on the lack of original ideas in 24th century human culture, where everything is just a reinterpretation of older works.
Earth isn't just a well manicured utopic garden, it's a living museum world. It shouldn't surprise that this also extends to language and speech.
Comparing which cultures and when used smoke signals with the history of English language should answer that question.
"She was nova, that one."
We use the term the phrase "Send him a smoke signal" as a way to say get someone attention or send him a message. "Smoke signal" is also used to interpret someone actions or intend. "How did you miss the smoke signals? She's totally into you" or "The smoke signals indicate an economic down turn."
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