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Old 05-22-2004, 02:27 AM
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[color=#000000ost_uid0]Locutus means something like "He who speaks" in Latin, right? Rather fitting... The Borg sure know their Latin,

About French, in some TNG season 1 episode (might be Code of Honour or The Naked Now) Data mentions French as an "obscure Earth language". Picard immediately protests,

Oh, and Dukat, in Croatian, A)means = a golden coin (not literally, though), and

B) Dukat is the leading Croatian milk, cheese and dairy product brand.

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