I am thinking of the post by @allthingslinguistic about universal translators. Picard (and the viewers) hear biscuits, but are they the US or UK version? A different 24th cebtury version? What is the Cardassian equivalent to a human buiscuit? How does it relate to the Klingon equivalent? I am curious what the Klingon’s mom’s recipe is really for and what the Cardassian would make of it since it very likely isn’t for the dish the universal translator gives as ‘buiscuit". Although there is tge possibility that human style biscuits are all thge rage in the alpha quadrant,and have been for generations,for humans, Klingons and Cardassians alike.
I could talk about the implications of universal translators for ever. So many interesting questions here
arcticflakes
