Poll STP vs PIC vs...?

Discussion in 'Star Trek: Picard' started by ITDUDE, May 16, 2019.

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What should the acronym for Star Trek: Picard be

  1. STP

    16 vote(s)
    22.2%
  2. PIC

    38 vote(s)
    52.8%
  3. Other

    18 vote(s)
    25.0%
  1. Boris Skrbic

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    ? Interaction with the show and its quality are off-topic, and there are no arguments here, only my clarification of the poll in light of perfectly reasonable feedback that a consensus may not be reached, which is why it’s best to focus on the easier question of how the official acronym will be generated.
     
  2. fireproof78

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    Enjoy then :beer:
     
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  3. Lord Garth

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    I use:
    TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, DSC, PIC
    TMP, TWOK, TSFS, TVH, TFF, TUC, GEN, FC, INS, NEM, 2009, ID, BEY

    But I think CBS will go with PCD, if VGR is any indication. Memory Alpha, which uses DIS, will probably go with PIC. I'm pretty sure they'll be more consistent with their abbreviation schemes than I am, where I just go with whatever I think looks better in each case.
     
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  4. Cyrus

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    No to STx stuff, hasn’t been used before and we shouldn’t start now. I ignore Discovery posts which use STD. Don’t like STP either.

    Come to think of it we should have used ST instead of TOS.
     
  5. Tenacity

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    A acronym for Picard might take years to be sorted out. Fans of Discovery still haven't reach a agreement after two years between DIS and DSC.
     
  6. Boris Skrbic

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    But officially it’s always been DSC.
     
  7. fireproof78

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    PCD strikes me as more reasonable due to "PIC" being short hand of picture in current slang.
     
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  8. ITDUDE

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    Well, not just ;)
     
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  9. Tenacity

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    I was referring to what the fans will actually use in the future, not what TPTB would like the fans to use.

    Two different things.
     
  10. Boris Skrbic

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    Sure, but I’m saying the problem can be simplified to what TPTB would like us to use. (To me at least, DIS sounds a bit awkward for obvious reasons, whereas DSC should be pronounced “Disco” anyway, like the shuttle call sign prefix.)
     
  11. CaptainMurdock

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    How about JLP for John Luck Pickered? ;)
     
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  12. Tenacity

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    Why would we take into account what TPTB want?
    Shouldn't DSC be pronounced "disk?"
     
  13. XCV330

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    can we save PIC for the day we finally get Star Trek: Picardo?
     
  14. ITDUDE

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  17. fireproof78

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  18. Jackson_Roykirk

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    Pikerd? Who are you...Mrs. Carmichael from Time's Arrow? :)
     
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  19. Spot's Meow

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    I have to agree with others, I have never heard the acronyms pronounced this way. I've only ever heard TNG pronounced as three separate letters, T-N-G. Or, Next Gen or Next Generation. DS9 has always been D-S-nine. Similarly, TOS has always been "T-O-S"...the only two that I've heard pronounced as words themselves are VOY and ENT. And I've spent an entire week trapped with thousands of Trekkies on a cruise ship.
     
  20. Markonian

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    I like that approach. Would you use S31 for the Georgiou show if it ended up being called Star Trek: Section 31?