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in reply to a message by Jadzia
The Star Trek writers may very likely have made up the name "Jadzia Dax" for their character, but "Jadzia" also, coincidently, happens to be a real name in Poland. It's a form of "Jadwiga", which comes from the German name "Hedwig" meaning "strife-battle".
It wouldn't have been the first time the Trek writers selected a name for a supposed alien character, which also happened to be a genuine (and not too unusual), human-type name. When the character "Spock" was named for the original Trek series, the question was brought up at the time as to whether the writers had named him after the then-popular baby expert, Dr. Spock. The reply was that no-one on the Trek team had ever even heard of Dr. Spock.
Which kinda clues one in to the fact that the Star Trek *teevee* writers may not always have been completely aware of what was going on in the world around them.
I personally prefer the Trek novelists. ;)
-- Nanaea
It wouldn't have been the first time the Trek writers selected a name for a supposed alien character, which also happened to be a genuine (and not too unusual), human-type name. When the character "Spock" was named for the original Trek series, the question was brought up at the time as to whether the writers had named him after the then-popular baby expert, Dr. Spock. The reply was that no-one on the Trek team had ever even heard of Dr. Spock.
Which kinda clues one in to the fact that the Star Trek *teevee* writers may not always have been completely aware of what was going on in the world around them.
I personally prefer the Trek novelists. ;)
-- Nanaea
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It also coincides with my long-held suspicion that no-one on the Trek team had ever even heard of ACTING.
But some of the Trek novelists have been rather good, haven't they? Especially the British ones. ;)
But some of the Trek novelists have been rather good, haven't they? Especially the British ones. ;)
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"It also coincides with my long-held suspicion that no-one on the Trek team had ever even heard of ACTING."
@@@@ For the longest time I'd been dying to see how William Shatner performs in the Esperanto movie, *Inkubo* (which he'd made before his Star Trek days). A friend of mine finally managed to get hold of a copy of it, and is supposed to be sending it to me. Man, I hope that, when I finally see William Shatner in this thing, it doesn't put me off Esperanto. :)
"But some of the Trek novelists have been rather good, haven't they? Especially the British ones. ;)"
@@@@ I think there's only been one British Trek novelist -- and he says "thank you!" for the compliment. :)
-- Nanaea
@@@@ For the longest time I'd been dying to see how William Shatner performs in the Esperanto movie, *Inkubo* (which he'd made before his Star Trek days). A friend of mine finally managed to get hold of a copy of it, and is supposed to be sending it to me. Man, I hope that, when I finally see William Shatner in this thing, it doesn't put me off Esperanto. :)
"But some of the Trek novelists have been rather good, haven't they? Especially the British ones. ;)"
@@@@ I think there's only been one British Trek novelist -- and he says "thank you!" for the compliment. :)
-- Nanaea
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