From: f6k@huld.re   
      
   Hello everyone,   
      
   I am watching again everything from Star Trek TOS to the new Star Trek Strange   
   New Wolds. I'm currently at season 7 of Star Trek The Next Generation, episode   
   Lower Decks (which, I believe, gave the inspiration for the great Star Trek   
   Lower Decks show, which I deeply love).   
      
   I have a question that, maybe, the savy trekers can answer: in TOS, everyone   
   says "Aye, aye, Sir!" to acknowledge an order. But I've learned from Star Trek   
   Lower Decks that we "now" have to say "Aye, Sir!" and not "Aye, aye". In   
   episode   
   15 season 7 of TNG, "Lower Decks", Cmd Riker, after a drill, reminds Ensign   
   Lavelle that "one 'aye' is sufficient" when responding to orders. The dialog   
   goes that way:   
      
   > Cmd Riker: Lavelle!   
   > Ensign Lavelle: Sir!   
   > Cmd Riker: Resume previous course and speed.   
   > Ensign Lavelle: Aye, aye, Sir.   
   > Cmd Riker: One 'aye' is sufficient acknowledgment, Ensign.   
      
   The question is bothering me a little, I must say. No matter how hard I've been   
   paying attention, I haven't figured out why. Why one 'aye' has become   
   sufficient, instead of two? Even, why two 'aye' are now, apparently, unwelcome   
   when it was the norm in TOS? In fact, this is what was also mentionned in one   
   of   
   the episodes of the series Lower Deck (sorry, I can't recall which one).   
      
   Thank you for your insights.   
      
   -f6k   
      
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