Quick SCE question

Discussion in 'Trek Literature' started by hbquikcomjamesl, Jun 10, 2016.

  1. hbquikcomjamesl

    hbquikcomjamesl Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Anybody remember which SCE novella it is, in which Captain Gold calls somebody a "momser"? (The usual Romanization of the word, by the way, is mamzer, in case anybody doesn't already know.) And which hardcopy volume it's in?
     
  2. Aaron McGuire

    Aaron McGuire Commodore Commodore

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    According to Memory Beta, it was in The Art of the Deal which is collected in Creative Couplings.
     
  3. hbquikcomjamesl

    hbquikcomjamesl Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Never even thought of trying Memory Beta (much less trying other spelling variants there). Thanks.

    I will say, though, that Memory Beta's definition falls a little short of just how deeply insulting a word it is; while not precisely equivalent to "bastard" in the literal sense, in a non-literal sense, it's sort of like "bastard" on steroids.
     
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    hbquikcomjamesl Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Finished The Art of the Deal this morning. Gold does call Portlyn a mamzer, but not speaking out loud to anybody.

    My own recollection was different; it was of a conversation between Captain Gold and his wife, in which he called somebody a mamzer.

    The term does come up in the novella, Creative Couplings. It even comes up in a conversation between Gold and his wife. But here, he's asking her if he was himself being a "momzer."
     
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