Re: Language superiority, improvement, etc.

On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 21:05:48 -0400 Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> writes:

>Slightly OT: Data (an android) in Star Trek was unable to use
>contractions.  This has been explaned as the rules being too complex
>for
>him.  But wouldn't it be more logical to suppose that he was
>*programmed* not to use contractions, for the same reason that he was
>given golden eyes?  That is, to make him more distinct from humans?
INDEED!!! I've always found that absolutely preposterous! Data is
supposed to be able to speak thousands of languages (I remember one
episode where he learned a form of sign language in something like five
minutes) but he can't REMEMBER where contractions are used? Bah!

[end rant]

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