Out of 178 total episodes? With all due respect, it seems like a lot more....
"With all due respect..."
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Out of 178 total episodes? With all due respect, it seems like a lot more....
Ironically, this phrase is presented as being some form of approved military protocol way of saying, "Sir (or Ma'am), I think you're full of $hit," and yet in my thirty-plus years of being associated with the military, I have never, ever heard a military member use this phrase.
It isn't a military phrase, but a more general way of expressing polite disagreement. For instance, political candidates in debates will often say "With all due respect to the senator/governor/etc." before tearing into their claims or proposals.
Makes me wonder just how often phrases like "on screen" have been used 
(Edit: The difference of course would be that phrases like 'on screen' are usually functional whereas interjections like 'some kind of' in most cases simply could have been omitted.)
(Edit: The difference of course would be that phrases like 'on screen' are usually functional whereas interjections like 'some kind of' in most cases simply could have been omitted.)
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Permission to speak freely?
^ That's a good one. Do people in real armies/navies/etc. ever say that?
I don't think the word "bisexual" was commonly used in reference to human orientation at that time. General audiences watching the show would not have made that connection.
Kor
I don't think the word "bisexual" was commonly used in reference to human orientation at that time. General audiences watching the show would not have made that connection.
Kor
I covered this earlier. The dictionaries say that usage did exist by the '50s, but I figure it was probably only in certain circles, and not in "polite company." Kind of like "gay" -- at the time, it was used as a slang term for homosexuality, but it was still more widely used to mean happy and carefree, which is why it was okay to use it in the Flintstones theme song.
In the song "My Old Kentucky Home" there is the line "Tis Summer, the darkies are gay." Both of those terms were acceptable back in the late 19th century and "darkies" was one of the more complimentary terms used for black people.
At least according to white people. There's probably little record of how "acceptable" or "complimentary" African-Americans at the time actually found it.
In regard to the "with all due respect" line, there was this amusing exchange in the TOS novel Prime Directive by the Reeves-Stevenses.
Kirk and the bridge crew are away on forced leave while charged with breaking the Prime Directive.
Scotty is stuck overseeing major repairs to the Enterprise under the direct command of Styles (yes, that Styles with the swagger stick, from STIII:TSFS). There is some concern about the ship possibly being triggered into a destructive slingshot into warp when removing the severely damaged port nacelle.
Styles is being a first-rate, arrogant jerk. After Styles says something that disparages Kirk, Scotty decides not to deck him. Instead, he says, "Lt. Styles, sir? When the time comes for the port nacelle to be detached . . . With all respect sir, I hope she slingshots ye all the way to hell."
Kor
Kirk and the bridge crew are away on forced leave while charged with breaking the Prime Directive.
Scotty is stuck overseeing major repairs to the Enterprise under the direct command of Styles (yes, that Styles with the swagger stick, from STIII:TSFS). There is some concern about the ship possibly being triggered into a destructive slingshot into warp when removing the severely damaged port nacelle.
Styles is being a first-rate, arrogant jerk. After Styles says something that disparages Kirk, Scotty decides not to deck him. Instead, he says, "Lt. Styles, sir? When the time comes for the port nacelle to be detached . . . With all respect sir, I hope she slingshots ye all the way to hell."
Kor
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^Well, it is "With all due respect," i.e. all the respect that the addressee is entitled to. Some people are due less respect than others.
