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- From: quirk@pioneer.unm.edu (Gym Z. Quirk)
- Subject: Re: Trekkies vs. Trekkers
- Message-ID: <23nq+q-@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 02:45:39 GMT
- Organization: Nit-Pickers for a Better Tomorow Afternoon
- References: <1dkdfpINNm4d@cs.widener.edu> <BxLF38.L1n@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <ogoh.722222814@sfu.ca>
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- In article <ogoh.722222814@sfu.ca> ogoh@fraser.sfu.ca (Oon Goh) writes:
- > "Trekkie" was used originally to refer to fans/ cult followers
- >of the original series.
- > With the new age politcal correctness movement, the arrival of a
- >new Star Trek; "The Next Generation" brought with it a new
- >set of fans who preferred to be refered to as "Trekkers" - term being
- >more politically correct.
- > So from a historic point of view, "Trekkies" refer to fans from
- >the original series, and "Trekkers" to the new series.
-
- Uh-uh. 'Trekker' has been in use in Trek fandom since the '70s. I
- have not seen *any* evidence of the term being used as described
- above.
-
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- Capt. Gym Z. Quirk (Known to some as Taki Kogoma) quirk@pioneer.unm.edu
- I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior to
- what I have now...
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