Code named Babel

[Ssosmcin]

That's true enough. And Kelley was famous for his mangling. The whole Gumato/Mugato thing is legendary.

 

[PCz911]

I like this one better.

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Wow, I do NOT remember this song at all.

 

[Nerys Myk]

To be fair, every actor in "The Pirates of Orion" pronounced it "Oary-on," Doohan and Nichols as well as Shatner, so it must've been a directorial instruction, or whover typed up the pronunciation guide for the actors got it wrong. And Shatner got it right in "City on the Edge," "Journey to Babel," and "Yesteryear."

Also, every actor who said "Benecia" in "The Conscience of the King" said it "Benna-SEE-ya," and every actor who said it in "Turnabout Intruder" said "Beh-NEE-shya." Then there was Nimoy mispronouncing "cryogenic" as "seerogenic" in "Babel." Kelley had some weird pronunciations too; I once got a strange look from my father when I echoed Kelley's pronunciation of "crystalline" to rhyme with "talon."

And there are some consellation names that nobody in Trek got right, like Ophiucus (which is "oafy-OOK-us" instead of "oh-FIE-a-cuss") and Eridanus/Eridani (which is "eh-RID-a-nee" instead of "air-a-DAH-nee"

Language evolved differently in the trek universe.

 

[DonIago]

And there are some consellation names that nobody in Trek got right, like Ophiucus (which is "oafy-OOK-us" instead of "oh-FIE-a-cuss") and Eridanus/Eridani (which is "eh-RID-a-nee" instead of "air-a-DAH-nee")

I had no idea about these myself. Thanks for the primer!

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Just like how people in sci-fi keep naming ships Icarus.

Yep. In Babylon 5, Icarus was the name of the ship that John Sheridan's wife Anna was on before... stuff happened (avoiding spoilers for B5 in case anyone reading this thread hasn't seen it. Don't follow that link if you haven't watched the series yet).

Kelley had some weird pronunciations too; I once got a strange look from my father when I echoed Kelley's pronunciation of "crystalline" to rhyme with "talon."

And that's before you even get him started on "Sehlat" or "Gumato / Mugato."

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Yep. In Babylon 5, Icarus was the name of the ship that John Sheridan's wife Anna was on before... stuff happened (avoiding spoilers for B5 in case anyone reading this thread hasn't seen it. Don't follow that link if you haven't watched the series yet).

And that's before you even get him started on "Sehlat" or "Gumato / Mugato."

IIRC, in "Babel" Kelley and Nimoy both said serogenic instead of cryogenic. Since sero is a root word for blood (as in serum), and the drug was supposed to increase blood production ( -genic as in generate), I think "serogenic" was intentional. The drug causes Vulcans to generate new blood cells faster.

 

[Tallguy]

And that's before you even get him started on "Sehlat" or "Gumato / Mugato."

He was worried about the marketing opportunities of the "sell it".

 

[VSAFaculty]

Kelley had some weird pronunciations too; I once got a strange look from my father when I echoed Kelley's pronunciation of "crystalline" to rhyme with "talon."

Didn’t he also call Amanda “Mrs. Surak” in addition to “Mrs. Sarek”??