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   Keeper of the Purple Twilight to Louis M. Brown   
   Re: Trekkie, the term Re: [NEWS] - Singe   
   07 Dec 05 21:18:57   
   
   XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: no@spam.invalid   
      
   On 2005-12-07 21:02:27 -0600, Louis M. Brown  said:   
      
   > On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:58:07 -0500, ToolPackinMama   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Stan Jensen wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Bryan Singer, an avowed Star Trek fan, told SCI FI Wire that he's   
   >>> thought about directing a Trek movie. "I'm a huge fan," Singer said in   
   >>> an interview at the Nov. 30 premiere of the SCI FI Channel's upcoming   
   >>> original miniseries The Triangle, which he executive-produced with   
   >>> Dean Devlin.   
   >>>   
   >>> Singer added: "We're huge Trekkies. And we've always talked about what   
   >>> we would do, and what would I do, if I were to make a film in that   
   >>> universe."   
   >>   
   >> NOTE:  He calls himself a TREKKIE, ~not a "Trekker".   
   >   
   >   
   > Which means what, precisely?  That he chose one word over the other?   
   > Personal preferences do not a hard and fast rule make...   
      
   What the hell difference does it make which word is used? Trekkie,   
   Trekker, it's all the same.   
      
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