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Spoilers Isn't it really strange how much the Borg apparently like Latin?

Unimatrix Q

Unimatrix Q

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" " I have thought of so many names for you. Regenerati. Puer Dei."
"A fondness for Latin, I see. But I am neither your rebirth, nor a child of God."
"That is why you are Võx. Not Locutus, the one who speaks. You are the voice itself." "

Millions or Billions of Languages in the Galaxy and the Borg always think about und use latin terms for their representatives.

Really wonder if there is a hidden connection between Ancient Rome (or the Mirror Universe) and the Borg, as absurd as it sounds like.

Don't think it's a coincidence.

Also strange that this issue apparently isn't discussed very much so far.
 
Well...
The Romulans like Roman stuff. Romulus, Remus, Nero.
The Klingon planet sounds Greek.
And there's a lot of looking the same, Nick Locarno/Tom Paris.
Federation ships only have English on the hull?
 
Unimatrix Q said:
" " I have thought of so many names for you. Regenerati. Puer Dei."
"A fondness for Latin, I see. But I am neither your rebirth, nor a child of God."
"That is why you are Võx. Not Locutus, the one who speaks. You are the voice itself." "

Millions or Billions of Languages in the Galaxy and the Borg always think about und use latin terms for their representatives.

Really wonder if there is a hidden connection between Ancient Rome (or the Mirror Universe) and the Borg, as absurd as it sounds like.

Don't think it's a coincidence.

Also strange that this issue apparently isn't discussed very much so far.
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They are saving Regenerati for when the Borg assimilate Doctor Who.

Perhaps Latin is an ancient alien language, the Roman’s may have been taught it by ancient aliens.

Perhaps the Romulans spoke a Latin based language too? In fact, I am pretty sure that they did… :shrug:
 
Unimatrix Q said:
" " I have thought of so many names for you. Regenerati. Puer Dei."
"A fondness for Latin, I see. But I am neither your rebirth, nor a child of God."
"That is why you are Võx. Not Locutus, the one who speaks. You are the voice itself." "

Millions or Billions of Languages in the Galaxy and the Borg always think about und use latin terms for their representatives.

Really wonder if there is a hidden connection between Ancient Rome (or the Mirror Universe) and the Borg, as absurd as it sounds like.

Don't think it's a coincidence.

Also strange that this issue apparently isn't discussed very much so far.
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Did they speak Latin in Atlantis? maybe it didn't vanish; it was assimilated.
 
fireproof78 said:
It's the Preserver language.
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I was going to follow up with this. I accept your head canon. Ancient Preserver and Progenitor astronaughts.

But what about sanskrit though, as this language is even older than Latin? :shrug:

Also, how could the Romulan language be Latin based if Vulcan is not? Unless the Romulans reverted to an ancient form of Vulcan language or appropriated another language in order to further separate themselves from Surak and his teachings? Choosing a different language for the Romulans would ensure that no one could read the forbidden Vulcan texts, other than elite Romulan scholars and linguists such as those in the Zhat Vash. It’s possible that Romulan used to be spoken on Vulcan, but when the Romulans left the homeworld the language could have fizzled out, with those remaining Vulcans who spoke it being hunted down and/or re-educated. :shrug:
 
Which is extra weird because the communications officer in the Kelvin timeline who was replaced by Lieutenant Uhura said they could not differentiate Vulcan from Romulan language.

The Borg Queen may have an interest in Latin because it's Classical. She got an interest in Classical Earth after fetching Locutus and it remains after their breakup.
 
Unimatrix Q said:
" " I have thought of so many names for you. Regenerati. Puer Dei."
"A fondness for Latin, I see. But I am neither your rebirth, nor a child of God."
"That is why you are Võx. Not Locutus, the one who speaks. You are the voice itself." "

Millions or Billions of Languages in the Galaxy and the Borg always think about und use latin terms for their representatives.

Really wonder if there is a hidden connection between Ancient Rome (or the Mirror Universe) and the Borg, as absurd as it sounds like.

Don't think it's a coincidence.

Also strange that this issue apparently isn't discussed very much so far.
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Should have been Swedish.
 
Okay so I haven't actually seen the episode(s) were Vox and Regenerati Puer Dei are mentioned/introduced/whatever. But You could say that, at least with Locutus the Borg were very focused on having him be the representative to the humans (and the Federation as a whole, but there's always this human bias when the Federation is concerned) so they might have picked Latin on purpose here.
And perhaps the same is true for the other two instances?
 
Orphalesion said:
Okay so I haven't actually seen the episode(s) were Vox and Regenerati Puer Dei are mentioned/introduced/whatever. But You could say that, at least with Locutus the Borg were very focused on having him be the representative to the humans (and the Federation as a whole, but there's always this human bias when the Federation is concerned) so they might have picked Latin on purpose here.
And perhaps the same is true for the other two instances?
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Agreed. It's likely that when Picard was first assimilated the collective/queen took the Latin from his brain and used it to mock him or otherwise it was at least used as a representation for the humans "biological and technological distinctiveness" that the queen seems to keep barking on about.
 
I think the moral of the Borg story is nestled in their goal (obsession) with perfection that soon turned into an obsession with the human race. The human race = perfect?? At least more so than the Borg themselves.
 
"THE PARADISE SYNDROME", absolutely.

But didn't McCoy or Spock theorize that the Preservers might be the reason why there were so many aliens that looked human? (Maybe I am thinking that line was more than just them theorizing.)

If that was the case, it's a good explanation.
 
Farscape One said:
"THE PARADISE SYNDROME", absolutely.

But didn't McCoy or Spock theorize that the Preservers might be the reason why there were so many aliens that looked human? (Maybe I am thinking that line was more than just them theorizing.)

If that was the case, it's a good explanation.
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Not that I recall. Though fans have latched on to the idea to explain planets who populations take after various periods in human history.
 
Relevant quote
MCCOY: Were you able to make sense our of the symbols?
SPOCK: Yes. The obelisk is a marker, just as I thought. It was left by a super-race known as the Preservers. They passed through the galaxy rescuing primitive cultures which were in danger of extinction and seeding them, so to speak, where they could live and grow.
MCCOY: I've always wondered why there were so many humanoids scattered through the galaxy.
SPOCK: So have I. Apparently the Preservers account for a number of them.
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