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   f6k to Your Name   
   Re: Aye, aye, Sir!   
   27 Sep 25 09:44:15   
   
   From: f6k@huld.re   
      
   Hello everyone,   
      
   > On 2025-09-26 15:41:05 +0000, The True Melissa said:   
   >> On 2025-09-25 22:39:48 +0000, f6k said:   
   >>   
   >> 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 also love Lower Decks. I'm looking forward to the Starbase 80 spinoff   
   > I suspect to be in the works.   
      
   I wasn't aware of that! Thank you for the information :)   
      
   On 2025-09-26, Your Name  wrote:   
   > That was typed in a rush, so has a few typos / auto-(in)corrections.   
   >:-(  It should have said:   
   > Technically in "aye aye sir" back in the days of sailing ships, the   
   > first "aye" confirms the order has been heard and *understood* (not   
   > "said"), while the second "aye" confrims the order will be carried out   
   > immediately. The singular "aye, sir" would normally be used when   
   > agreeing with or replying to a senior officer's statement, while the   
   > double "aye aye, sir" is used when acknowledging and performing an   
   > order.   
      
   Very interesting indeed! Thinking of it, I'm almost sure that in TOS,   
   they use the tow forms (on aye, and two) depending of the situation,   
   and it now makes a lot of sense to me, thanks to you.   
      
   On 2025-09-26, Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   > Also consider that at the time TOS was made there were still a LOT of   
   > veterans from WW2 around, so there was more experience in how things   
   > were actually done in a military.  It shows in little ways like "Aye   
   > aye" and yeoman constantly handing Kirk paperwork to read and sign.  ;)   
      
   Well then maybe what explained Your Name was still used in military at   
   the time of TOS. But that wasn't the case anymore in the 80's/90's ?   
   So, obviously, they wrote their scripts accordingly for TNG?   
      
   And about the yeoman: yes! And that is a great detail to notice. I   
   haven't seen yet the late TOS movies, I'm wondering if there's still a   
   yeoman on bord the Enterprise...   
      
   Thank you very much all for your comments and replies; it's very   
   appreciated.   
      
   -f6k   
      
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