Not this year. This year I come to drag him. Because, god, take it from someone who drinks a frankly dangerous amount of tea—I may not be Space-French like Jean-Luc, but I am indeed regular Earth-British—we have to acknowledge a truth about our beloved captain of the Enterprise : Earl Grey? There is no taste of tea to Earl Grey, even if your blend of choice uses a stronger black tea as its base to try and go toe-to-toe. What would the replicator do if Picard ordered "Hot.
Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 3 months ago. Active 3 years, 6 months ago. Viewed 14k times. Is a particular sequence required for detailed replicator requests?
Improve this question. Molag Bal 4, 4 4 gold badges 30 30 silver badges 61 61 bronze badges. Or would it produce a reasonable facsimile of the Earl himself, steeped in tea? Not to mention what happens if you miss to say tea He says it that way because the first time he asked for tea, forty years ago, the machine asked him what kind. Then the stupid machine asked him hot or cold, as if anyone civilized would actually drink cold tea.
For the same reason why Bond orders a "Vodka Martini, shaken, not stirred"? That's how catchphrases work. And "Tea, Earl Grey, hot" has a better ring to it than the alternative. Maybe then he would need to explain to the holodeck what tea is, including the complete history of the East India Company.
And wait for a time while the holodeck takes over the rest of the computer systems of the Enterprise in an effort to understand what is required from it Show 19 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. The exchange is as follows: Computer: "Please enter program. Please specify parameters. No bloody A, B, C, or D. Enter when ready. No correlation. Improve this answer. Praxis k 46 46 gold badges silver badges bronze badges.
Stick Stick 5, 2 2 gold badges 21 21 silver badges 29 29 bronze badges. Of course, it would have to, given that the universal translator exists Is it possible that while they currently have the features you describe, they didn't always?
Maybe Picard 'grew up' on an older model that required a more rigid form of input and he just kept the habit. Some people just have eclectic tastes, I suppose. Show 8 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. That's your wretched technology again. I kid, I kid So the answer does appear to be that to the extent that French culture still persists, Picard doesn't feel the need to stay within its confines and neither do most of his countrymen.
Improve this answer. TenthJustice TenthJustice That quip by Data about French never sat well with me, and seems out of place as just a cheap joke. In the episode "", Minuet speaks French to Picard upon learning of his French heritage.
Given the uniqueness of her character, that may not mean much, but I take it as evidence that the French language may still be in use. As for the question at hand, I think it's more plausible that Picard had some sort of involvement with England during his youth and simply embraced the culture.
You say "The sole extent of his "Frenchness" appears to be that he was raised on a vineyard", but remember that he also swears in French. CharlesBurge I have a feeling the writers were trying to use the quip as a way to a explain away the entirely British-sounding man and b remind the viewer that Picard is meant to be French.
Of course, in the end it just makes the whole thing seem sillier, so later on they just revert to the better option of just ignoring the issue altogether. Excellent answer. I'm going to accept it, even though I think there might be more out there, primarily so the Hold doesn't automatically close the question and rob me of the opportunity. I just remembered the early encounter with Q where he dresses up a bunch of conjured aliens as Napoleonic soldiers; I don't think theres any explanation there, just another off-hand reminder of Picard's nominal background TenthJustice That's exactly my point.
The computer program correctly deduced that Picard was able to converse in French. That wouldn't have been the case if French were a dead language. Even though the program was set in , it was smart enough to know it was interacting with a man of the 24th century. I stand by my point that French was most likely still widely spoken in France during Picard's lifetime, and Data's quip was simply out of line.
And in any case, to call French "obscure" is flat-out ignorant. We don't have the phrase "lingua franca" for nothing. Show 2 more comments. They do have caffeine, but depending on your mindset can be relaxing — King of NES. Lynx , Jun 20, KennyB , fireproof78 and Farscape One like this. I think there is a default temperature for hot tea and Picard doesn't have an issue with that setting so he has no need to specify further.
Plus it's only 4 syllables so saying a custom order name might actually take more time. Then any guest would ask him what he ordered and he'd have to say it anyway. UssGlenn , Jun 20, In the series finale he can tell the difference apparently between Earl Grey and Darjeeling. Maybe Earl Grey is simply his preferred variety while on duty.
Qonundrum , Jun 20, Joined: Apr 18, Location: SoCal. Perhaps it was required in his academy days to order it like that, and he's just used to saying it that way. NCC , Jun 20, Joined: Jun 15, Well, like computers today, there would be a "preference" file that would follow him, or even on a new ship would be on a chip or orders , not like it would be gigabytes of info. Even then, on his first order, the computer would ask the 20 questions and he'd say Tea, Earl Grey, hot, computer would ask what temp.
He'd say 65 degrees, then the computer would ask if he wanted to save that temp. For the Hot setting, or he'd tell the computer to make that setting.
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