Saber or Sabre?

posted on January 6th, 2010, 12:30 am

Oh my... this has gone off topic hasn't it.

Oh well, at least it's funny to read.

So...Damn you England with your backwards spellings and your tea and your...err ...fog.

No, the English are ok, they gave us Dr. Who and Monty Python. 

[1337 64M3R]

posted on January 6th, 2010, 3:10 pm

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Oh yeah!?   Well...I'm glaring back at you, English Kinnigits!  We'll take all your tea, and.....we'll throw it into the harbor, and.....errr...have a party!  Yeah, take that, you tea totalers!

Fight Fight Fight!!!

Ha!!

Disclaimer:  I actually like tea, with just a bit of milk, so not all of it will go into the harbor.

You do not want to be glaring back at the 1337 64M3R!  Because you'll go blind if you do. :fish: Anyway, I like my tea black. And sometimes double strong. But I never drink coffee, and I never will! Seriously, Coffee is the human version of Ketracel White! And once you start drinking it you can't go a day without it! I wonder why scientists never understand that coffee is basically almost as adicting as cigarretes or cigars. 

posted on January 6th, 2010, 4:12 pm

You do not want to be glaring back at the 1337 64M3R!  Because you'll go blind if you do. :fish: Anyway, I like my tea black. And sometimes double strong. But I never drink coffee, and I never will! Seriously, Coffee is the human version of Ketracel White! And once you start drinking it you can't go a day without it! I wonder why scientists never understand that coffee is basically almost as adicting as cigarretes or cigars. 

You mean you wonder "why [Joe Smoe] never understands that coffee is basically almost as addicting as cigarettes or cigars.

posted on January 6th, 2010, 4:23 pm

Coffee isn't addicting, I only have about 5 cups a day...

[Anonymous]

posted on January 6th, 2010, 4:25 pm

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so that was Janeways problem!!!  she was an addict!!!

EDIT: I agree with the earler posts that saber is american and sabre is English(though spell check tells me it is wrong) just like center or centre.  anyway, startrek is american, no matter what you guys say, so it is saber not sabre.

posted on January 6th, 2010, 4:32 pm

anyway, startrek is american, no matter what you guys say, so it is saber not sabre.

Completely irrelivent, Star Trek itself may be an American show, but Starfleet isn't an American organization and uses many non-American names.

posted on January 6th, 2010, 5:07 pm

I like saber more, but it seems sabre is more correct.  This is one of the few times a discussion has swayed me.   I'm switching my vote.  And I just found out that Peter David killed Janeway in one of his books, so he gets my vote as well.

posted on January 6th, 2010, 5:40 pm

Sabre in British English.
Saber in American English.
Same for centre-center metre-meter litre-liter etc. Unless you plan on an attempt at uniting those two large English dialects I would recommend just flipping a coin.

But British people love to moan, it's in our blood. It's so much more fun than just flipping a coin.

For instance, it's all very well pointing out the differences in American versus British spelling. But tell me, if the American spelling is less French and more phonetic (as pointed out by myleswolfers) then why is it that you guys call Phasers "Phasers" and not "Phazers"? After all, you guys analyze instead of analyse and you materialize instead of materialising, so why do your phasers phase and not phaze? I don't get it. :p

posted on January 6th, 2010, 6:44 pm

dont forget Grey and Gray  in your american - english differences

posted on January 6th, 2010, 8:10 pm

Completely irrelivent, Star Trek itself may be an American show, but Starfleet isn't an American organization and uses many non-American names.

And where is Starfleet Command Located? 

posted on January 6th, 2010, 8:15 pm

On Earth.

posted on January 6th, 2010, 8:15 pm

And where is Starfleet Command Located? 

Uhhh... Uhhh... On Earth!  :innocent:

posted on January 6th, 2010, 8:16 pm

haha. damn you tyler! 

posted on January 6th, 2010, 8:19 pm

On Earth.

Yes, but a little more specific, like, which city?

posted on January 6th, 2010, 8:27 pm

Your point?