Jean-Luc Picard insulted by Data

the obscure languages french

[@MontyPilkington42]

What if Captain Picard has been speaking French the whole time and the universal translator simply gives him an English accent...

[@MasterArchfiend]

I'd buy it.

[@gabeweisdorfer6353]

@Steve P The universal translators are built into the combadges.

[@En_theo]

@@gabeweisdorfer6353 Also, everyone seems to have one. When Picard was tortured by Kardassians, he had no combadge but they could understand each other.

[@sygos]

@@En_theo the kardassian combadge did it lol

[@En_theo]

@@sygos There is always a combadge somewhere. Always !

[@maxspringfield]

Some episodes I can barely understand Picard through his thick french accent.

[@LuckySmurf]

WOT U TALKIN' BOUT MON?? Whoops wrong, accent.

[@643eddie]

I'm surprised the real life French didn't ban Star Trek TNG viewing in their country as an insult to their language for being obscured in the franchise.

[@HeatherSpoonheim]

Too be fair, though, French xenophobia is driving the language extinct so this line is likely prophetic.

[@TangFiend1]

Haaaw hawww hawww, hes'ah so french as capitane!

[@JakkFrost1]

The universal translators don't provide an accent, that's all.

[@ZuluRomeo]

Picard be all like "I'm French! Why do you think I have this OUTRRRRRRAGEOUS accent you silly android?"

[@sarahkinsey5434]

Zulu Romeo I love the Holy Grail!

[@SirCraigius]

"Your father was a Borg drone and your mother smelt of blood wine!"

[@sarahkinsey5434]

SirCraigius Your comment made my day!

[@cameronclophus7998]

SirCraigius I nearly choked on my laughter from this

[@Outland9000]

I think he did once fart in Data's general direction...

[@Wooktent]

Whether it was acting or genuine, everyone's struggle to hold in laughter in this scene is just perfection

[@icybarbecue2533]

Based on the outtakes for TNG, I have a feeling this was the only take they kept composure

[@johnstorton]

I didn't notice Picard holding back laughter. 😠 lol

[@AshleyPomeroy]

This is essentially the one good part of this episode. If only it could have been transplanted into another episode, and the rest deleted.

[@WasatchIntercept]

It must have been tough for a good Englishman like Sir Patrick Stewart to have to claim to be French.

[@dean1039]

Legend has it, immediately after the scene he washed his mouth out with soap, and then sang "Rule Britannia" five times back to back whilst stamping over a portrait of Napoleon.

[@DrCuriensapprentice]

True, though Britain and France have had a long and bipolar relationship with eachother

[@iangascoigne8231]

Ralph Macchiato Together with the mythical good American, Italian insert nationality here.

[@iangascoigne8231]

WasatchIntercept No doubt the fat pay check made up for it.

[@poeticalllarmy7855]

What can be tough? Guillaume the conqueror was French, "God save the queen" was written by French peoples, I love how brits try their best to forget they would be nothing without us.

[@xxlCortez]

Picard is so french that he drinks Earl Grey all the time.

[@ojnab85]

For he himself has said it, and it's greatly to his credit, that he is... very French. Hey, it's a long game! One day, he will mess something important up because he is the Captain of the Flagship and people will not think "Of course, he is French!"

[@chrisfox7034]

If I'm not mistaken, he is - ironically, ethnically Picard.

[@Trek001]

Well Stewart was once asked this at a convention, to which he replied that he had an English nanny

[@TheRhinehart86]

xxlCortez He's so French that when he mentioned the Picards who fought at Trafalgar in Generations I assumed they fought on the British side.

[@killershootin6934]

Ohhhh! So fucking right!

[@babababad]

The way that Troi reacts to Picard's annoyance before he even starts speaking is a top-rate character note by Marina Sirtis.

[@defmore5099]

Eh. If I knew I had a french man next to me while someone makes fun of them to their face I would be smiling too

[@valiatus6719]

That and the fact she's english means, she no doubt enjoyed the french getting shit on.

[@kinsmed]

(...don't look at the captain don't look at the captain...)

[@markw3598]

Being psychic helps pick up his "annoyance" as fast as he does.

[@h445]

i wonder if its her innate ability to sense emotions, an, 'empath,' if you will. nah, probably just knew a frenchman would be getting mad :D :D

[@otomicans6580]

Picard: Mon dieu! Data: Would you happen to be spreaking in the obscure language known as French? Our universal translator no longer supports this language.

[@csi1392]

@@chrissi.enbyYT OF COURSE HE IS SPEAKING FRENCH. WITH UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR NO ONE LEARNS OTHER LANGUAGES

[@MasterArchfiend]

@@csi1392 Reminded of Digimon World where Jijimon is completely confused why the player is confused about him speaking. The idea of other languages get lost when everyone understands each other.

[@Sirenhound]

@@csi1392 Except for Saru.

[@UwUYT]

Pretty sure he even swore in French in one episode it was great

[@Fuzy2K]

@@UwUYT Merde :p

[@randybobandy7746]

I reckon Data has a secret sense of humour and is trolling them all this time ;)

[@handsomebrick]

It's a very obvious subtext of the episode The Outrageous Okona.

[@defmore5099]

"Thank you Mr. Data" or"That's enough, Lieutenant" are often used to interrupt Data during one of his ramblings. Usually Picard gets very quickly annoyed by him. But in the Picard series he seems to be his lover. lol

[@spaceblockb5284]

​@@defmore5099 I think it's less annoyance, and more knowing he can go on for a very long time and wont know when to stop, so picard stops him. Also it sort of makes sense how much picard likes data in the new series. Data is one of his only friends.

[@CobraGTXNoS]

@@spaceblockb5284 exactly, after Nemesis, you'd start to kind of miss a crewmate that passed. Kind of like how an old couple can't go on without the odd arguement.

[@WilfredIvanhoe]

A bit like Spock. Spock obviously possesses an excellent sense of humor, but keeps pretending he's serious just to keep up the Vulcan appearance.

[@Xylos144]

"Bonjour!" Crazy Jibberish....

[@Englandsbestlover]

Xylos144. That's from futurerama is I'm not mistaken

[@arcengal]

Scrolled down looking for this comment. Thank you.

[@NeoTechni]

Damn, beat me by 4 years. So close.

[@drksideofthewal]

Judging by Picard's accent, the Brits conquered Paris a long time ago. :3

[@otomicans6580]

Ahh yes, it was known as the "Reverse Battle of Hastings" in 2207.

[@louistournas120]

@@otomicans6580 Wikipedia says: The Battle of Hastings[a] was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England. It took place approximately 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory.

[@ardalla535]

the english did hold paris for quite a while ... about 16 yrs give or take

[@matthewb9955]

Aye the French have been conquered a few times already in this era!

[@annastasijaspellman2536]

I love how Riker is just standing back there smirking the whole time

[@lauradufresne6628]

I love how riker smiled the second data said it was french. Cuz he knew what Picard's reaction was gonna be. And when he cut data off before he could wind up picard too much 😂

[@Intrafacial86]

Marie and Louis at Paris When the blades fell Their necks wide

[@syaba5336]

lmao

[@amandasmith8108]

Ditto! Perfect!!!

[@David-im1rz]

History mixed with a the perfect star trek reference about communication. This comment is perfect im surprised it doesnt have more likes.

[@Toybinging]

Best underrated comment

[@scarlett6015]

Poor Data. He looks so confused

[@gh00stic8]

Scarlett I'm pretty sure that is Data all the time

[@blankpage9277]

When does he not?

[@XSilver_WaterX]

Trek's faction design is confusing. France was bio-nuked by Khan's favorite General.

[@HypnosisASMR]

Data's A.I. programmer is an Anglophone Canadian.

[@doneyhon4227]

lol or a man from la perfide Albion.

[@HeatherSpoonheim]

Almost all self-identifying 'Anglophones' in Canada are Québecois, though.

[@monsieurdubitatif8567]

@@HeatherSpoonheim non,pas du tout. Ils ne partagent rien de commun avec nous.

[@abdicolestudios8899]

Dr. Soong sounds Asian to me

[@danielthiele4795]

@@abdicolestudios8899 Yep: "He was of Asian heritage, and spoke Mandarin Chinese. Although his field of expertise was cybernetics and computer technology, he was also skilled in mathematics and physics and was a trivia buff on Terran science fiction."

[@wjzav1971]

I love how Troi has to keep holding herself back from laughing.

[@derricklafrance9440]

She is so adorable.

[@sarabrown7689]

@@derricklafrance9440 Late coming in here. , The character Troi is adorable, I met Maria Sirtis once and she came across as a Cockney biker chick

[@AshleyPomeroy]

@@sarabrown7689 That description makes her sound even more awesome.

[@dartharaneus67]

Riker, as the good commander that he is, jumps in and makes sure the situation does not get from bad to worse.

[@UnReal31337]

You can see Deanna and Beverly start to smile once Picard goes on about the French language.

[@bitset3741]

Incroyable!

[@axl9951]

Riker does too, you can see him anticipate the line

[@Skaitania]

Silly Data. How could he not know his captain was French...after all, like Picard, they are so famous for drinking tea all the time.

[@brendalg4]

Scaitan being an Android, he probably didn't know that someone would be so sensitive about the history of a language.

[@VigilanteAgumon]

Evi1M4chine He probably has it programmed as "John Luck Pickerd."

[@MrVibes-tj3ie]

I love Q. "Flowers! For John Luck Pickerd."

[@darrenjones3784]

His name was a big clue.

[@ianmcpherson2171]

Who can forget the greatest Frenchman to ever live, William Shakespeare.

[@Cerbyo]

Riker's smile is the best. lol. its the straightman of the group. just by smiling he tells you when there's real emotion in the air.

[@judithsixkiller5586]

I k,r? He totally rocks the beard in later seasons, But the clean shaven look in the earlier episode really showed off that lady killer smile.

[@junbh2]

@@judithsixkiller5586 I loved the beardless Riker as a teenage girl. It made him look much younger and nearer my age.

[@judithsixkiller5586]

@@junbh2 Captain Jack Harkness from Doctor Who also had that combination of boyish good looks and a rougish charming smile. Just devastating!

[@kurtsnyder4752]

Saved Data from putting his whole leg and not just his foot into his mouth.

[@myuphrid]

"I suggest you drop it, Mr. Data." "..... yes sir." And somewhere in the Federation, an enterprising scrap dealer swears under his breath.

[@EarlJohn61]

He'd be a Ferengi scrap dealer.💙🤠

[@kakarotlifted7302]

Data: *French ain't shit* Picard: *Excuse me*

[@HerbertDuckshort]

“Data. The French language for centuries on Earth represented civilisation....”.... and then it didn’t.

[@Erocorik]

I know who's getting a demotion

[@danielwbader]

I just assumed Picard was speaking French the whole time, and they were using the universal translators.

[@chukwudiilozue9171]

All Earth people woulda probably learned English because translators wouldn't be everyhwere. Many already know it today.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

@@BizlaC By the 24th century I fear we speak all Chinese. lol

[@Nelson-Man]

@@BizlaC better be proud of the languages you have learned

[@lestergreen7740]

For anybody who's not sure, Picard is French, he was born in France, and learned to speak French as a child. But overall the language is archaic in France in the 24th century- kind of like the Basque language, Gaelic, or Welsh today. Picard's primary language is English, like most Frenchmen from his time.

[@xgentis]

I doubt it, I certainly can't see the french dropping their own language ever especially to take english to replace it.

[@lestergreen7740]

I'm not making a prediction here, I'm talking about a purely fictional universe.

[@Xerxes2005]

If Uhura's mother tongue was Swahili, I doubt French had disappeared by the 24th century. Besides, the first two seasons of TNG were full of silly things that were contradicted afterwards. And that particular episode was probably one of the worse of the whole show...

[@adamdobbs5345]

Xerxes2005 I always took that 'French is obscure' thing was simply because everyone was fluent in Federation Standard (or whatever it's called), and the French population is quite small in regards to the entire Federation.

[@Xerxes2005]

***** It's true that the Federation itself must have thousands of different languages. So one single language on one planet may appear obscure to anyone not native of Earth. Like Data, who was conceived on Omicron Theta.

[@ninjaandroid51]

It almost sounded like Data *wanted* to own Picard because he paused almost hesitantly before calling French an "obscure" language. And I love how Troi and Beverly smile like, "Oh shit, he did not just go there!"

[@philswaim392]

I like how datas character grew. In this scene he was perplexed as he didny understand why picard would feel slighted. In later seasons he would grow to understand when someone was slighted by what he said abd wouldnt pursue a tangential point like he was going to do here. This was the era of know it all data. And he grew up into inquisitive and careful with his words data. Always hedging his hypothesis with small areas of doubt where he doesnt have knowledge.

[@Tahkaullus01]

"That is from an obscure language known as French." "Nom de Dieu!" "Apologies Captain, that language is no longer recorded in the universal translator. Perhaps if you spoke fluent Romulan I would understand the reference."

[@wilmetteentwistle9242]

I think Data was roasting Picard as part of one of his sub routine roast files

[@GMCiaramella]

Didn't Kirk at one point say, "Double dumbass on you!" :D

[@Ork20111]

Picard is so educated, eloquent, intelligent, polite and has such clear moral direction that I tend to forget he is french from time to time. :)

[@CIorox_BIeach]

It sort of throws me off because I associate a British accent with something more blunt, lol

[@robertbrown3400]

At least he didn't talk about scalps.

[@jaydavis2910]

The name "Jean-Luc" comes from an obscure language known as French

[@lucifers.morningstar3805]

That's a dead language, loaded full of incomprehensible dribble.

[@ashzooks4353]

Picard: I can excuse calling native americans "Indians", but I draw the line at calling French obscure

[@alphanerd7221]

Well that's the word the Indians use.

[@Stevonniewolf3113]

The three other characters all were trying not to laugh.

[@steztoyz]

I love the grins on the faces of Crusher, Troi, and Riker. 🤣

[@DavBotsArcade]

I forgot about this scene. The look on Picard's face, priceless.

[@don312000]

Riker and Troi are both looking like "Oh shit!"

[@khartog01]

Riker is the best! Doing what an XO needs to do.

[@stringtheoryguitars4952]

Brilliant writing. Of course Data knows about Napoleon, the French Revolution, Eiffel Tower, the Louisiana Purchase, French Fries, Wines, Croissants, and that Jean Lúc Picard is a French name. But the premise is hilarious so it doesn't matter if it's a bit flawed.

[@n646n]

Did you just seriously say that French fries are French?

[@stringtheoryguitars4952]

@@n646n Oh, you're one of those "French Fries are not French!" guys.... not my point. Data attended Star Fleet in California and would have knowledge of Earth's most popular foods; including French Fries. My point was that it was a "plot hole" but who cares because it was hilarious. Apparently you didn't agree. My apologies.

[@n646n]

@@stringtheoryguitars4952 Was there any evidence that French fries still exist? I haven't watched it for quite some time. French fries are Belgian.

[@InventorZahran]

On a galactic level, French IS an obscure language, considering that less than 50 percent of ONE planet's residents utilize it as their official language. In addition, the Federation is mostly made up of English-speaking representatives, and the Federation is often the first human-owned organization to make first contact with non-human species. As a result, English is usually the first human language that non-humans are exposed to, leading to its widespread use by many species across the galaxy, and indirectly causing other human languages (such as French) to become obscure.

[@mark63424able]

@Evi1M4chine You're kidding right?😂

[@tomf3150]

@@mark63424able bear, fear, beard... At least in french and german the way a word is written defines its pronunciation ( See, pronunciation... an almost exact copy of prononciation, a french word). And words like water, street... come directly from wasser, strasse... etc. Oh the irony (see, again !)

[@philippegauthier9692]

i read manga often , depending on where it come , it seem to me that English it not the commun language else where , japan , korean seam more likely so you'r other world communication is base on where the tv show is made

[@handsomebrick]

You know there's something wrong when you find yourself arguing with a flawlessly logical machine. Picard also occasionally argues with an all-knowing being, come to think of it. And in both cases his beef seems to be that he finds them annoying.

[@hum...1892]

Cessez donc d'ergoter. Jean-Luc est français ! VIVE LA FRANCE !!!! 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷🚩Vive Jean-Luc !!!!

[@Cjnw]

Honour to president Macron!

[@TheCzarcastic]

I love how everyone was so close to laughing but held it in XD

[@Rainshadow9000]

I love how Beverly has this smirk on her face and is holding back from laughing. Too bad they didn't keep that part of her personality in the rest of the series, because if you haven't noticed, in most of the first season you can see how at most things she will smirk at or hold back a laugh and in the rest of the series you would be lucky to see her smirk about stuff a little more than 5 times.

[@data676]

Not true.

[@jcortese3300]

Troi's face when he said it ... :-D

[@Alscyom]

Being directly concerned (even if I watched all ST in english of course), I always loved this line of dialog and all the numerous references to France throughout the shows. Thanks the staffs for this. Mr Stewart did his best impersonating the character even with a somehow awkward accent the few times he had to speak french ;) Could the usual, and without any reason, stupid french bashing over this comment section be restrained, this is getting tedious over the time..

[@Demiglitch]

There's a few people here and there who have some reasons. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire

[@Alscyom]

Those few people should again rely on TNG then : "no Earth citizen can be made to answer for the crimes of their race or forebearers". Data in Encounter at Farpoint.

[@Seetiyan]

I was hoping Data would then say something like, "Civilization, sir? But the French were some of the worst slavers in history. Not the mark of civilization."

[@BuzzKirill3D]

So were the Greeks. The onset of civilization wasn't always pretty.

[@thesecretlibrary890]

Typical barbarian mistaking slavery as a contrary to civilization when it's actually the exact opposite.

[@Monochromicornicopia]

Civilization is society, not morality

[@Monochromicornicopia]

@Christiaan Baron Morality is subjective. Societies exist with varying systems of morality

[@Monochromicornicopia]

@Christiaan Baron You're pretending as if those attributes are cut-and-dry without nuance or extenuating circumstances. To be honest you're coming across as naive. Any good story has a "bad-guy" who's motivation is understandable if not warranted. Sometimes both sides have a very good reason to do what they are doing.

[@geisaune793]

“Mr. Data, the French language for centuries on Earth represented civilization” said the man indignantly with a perfect English accent.

[@richartrod]

Never insult a proud Frenchman. 🇫🇷 I like how Troi and Ryker grinned when Data committed his faux pas. 😁

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

"Don't make me spank you Data"

[@codzz6979]

If data did that to Picard Picard would have flow over the room lol

[@bethanyhait6880]

I know it seems odd, but it makes total sense to me that Picard speaks with an English accent. Most likely, when he learned English in school, he would have been taught the Queen’s English (or whatever the equivalent would have been then). He would have learned British pronunciations and vocabulary, thus giving him a British accent. You’ll notice in Season 4 when we meet Robert and Rene that they speak with similar accents. And his penchant for Earl Grey could simply be that he tried it once and really liked it. There are plenty of “non-American” foods that I like.

[@thesmithersy]

True, I know a Frenchman who loves a Full English breakfast (despite the stereotype that French people all hate British food)

[@Jim-pq9pm]

Haha how did Data not know that Picard is French?

[@SirCraigius]

Picard: "Your father was a Borg drone and your mother smelled of blood wine!"

[@xblueblaze]

Loved Deanna's smarmy smile there :)

[@germanvisitor2]

"Why do you have so many different languages in Europe?" "... Because we Germans lost the war." "Oh that's sad."

[@germanvisitor2]

Comical Well we will find some reason to hate each other.

[@comical9587]

germanvisitor2 Maybe.

[@ssjwes]

Comical Dude Look at the "United" States of America. We even have hate for one state or another sometimes. Its human your going to have problems one way or the other sometimes. It just depends on how we deals with those problems that makes the difference.

[@WorldsMostWated]

germanvisitor2 Edgy

[@runetide]

@@WorldsMostWated What Comical said was far more edgy.

[@tienkami]

This scene always cracks me up.

[@SchlagerFreund]

Its great that every actor has to try hard to keep their shit together,

[@canicheenrage]

That obscure language that gave english one third of its words, and an even higher proportionin diplomatic and military fields. Mr Data ? "Accompany Mr La Forge" for a full memory check. Probably either a memory cluster that's heavily corrupted, or a troll subroutine that wasn't wiped out in his buffers.

[@GooglyEyedJoe]

Or the world realised the English Language was vastly superior by the 24th Century.

[@canicheenrage]

+Joey Lock Which is, wether it's true or not, totally irrelevant to the contribution of the french made to the english language. Well done.

[@GooglyEyedJoe]

Get butthurt all you want, in Star Trek, the French language faded away, many languages contributed toward other languages but we're not speaking Ye Olde English anymore are we? The world has advanced and the French will have to accept that just as you will. Well done.

[@GooglyEyedJoe]

All I see is you being butthurt enough to write 22 lines as a response, you must really be foaming at the mouth with anger over the fact English is better than French. o_o

[@Jim-pq9pm]

+canicheenrage It is a demonstrable fact that English is superior.

[@arturkarpinski164]

I guess this is when Picard fell in love with Data!!!

[@EddieHawkinsII]

Nah, that would be after Tasha told him he had three speeds…

[@Reclusive247]

I visted France, lovely place. Everyone was riding a bike with a baguette in the front basket, wearing a blue and white stripped t-shirt and beret. The children were enjoying a full bodied red wine and the grown-ups were acting aloof while eating frogs legs. Wonderful place. I've never been to France

[@danielcooper8571]

Del Boy and Jean-Luc Picard have that one thing in common...and all the other characters go along with it.

[@valer48]

"Picard was a smart man." -Mr. Plinkett

[@smitto21]

lol i loved data in the early tng lol that was when he was more innocent seeming then later on lol

[@Sp1derFingers]

What made Star Trek so interesting wasn't just the strange encounters with aliens, but the interpersonal experiences between the crew and, of course, Data's naïve perspective on life that we take for granted.

[@TheLumpmachine]

Conspiracy theory: Picard was always speaking French but the universal translator changes it to english.

[@TheAlienGangster]

Kinda like the TARDIS

[@andrewmalone4654]

What I love about this: right at the beginning if you are listening carefully, aboard this top of the line futuristic starship, the floor is super squeaky

[@krakenpots5693]

And smells of cat poo, apparently!!!

[@efisgpr]

Shoe

[@MechaniclZ]

You'd think Picard would be evolved enough to be able to take hearing french is an obscure language and not be bothered by it too much.

[@WhiteSupreme]

Canadian here. French is a pretty obscure language.

[@ruukotopresents]

*French Fry cooker buzzer sounds* I SURRENDER! ...oh...

[@alexgataric]

Patrick Stewart is the archetype English man. Having him be French never made sense.

[@alphanerd7221]

It's a global community. It's not like he can't spend all his free time in England and live in France.

[@Glitcher2000]

Data: "Civilization, sir? That is complete 'merde de taureau'."

[@Cleric775]

He probably meant Trudeau of Canada.

[@enricmm85]

@@Cleric775 merde de taureau and Trudeau le canadien are synonyms in French.

[@rxonmymind8362]

Commander Riker knew exactly where Data was going next. Lol.

[@HordrissTheConfuser]

@TheOrionStar I know, I know. Lately I've been rewatching a few programmes I used to watch, and I can't help but notice the mistakes now.

[@HamguyBacon]

I thought data would say how come they lost at everything.

[@Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes]

They never lost at running away.

[@GeoStreber]

No, they won the silver medal at running away, because they're losers

[@flaccidchrist]

French tanks are made with 1 forward gear and 6 reverse

[@tubedude54]

You can buy french ww2 rifles... the ad always says 'once dropped, never fired'!

[@GeoStreber]

tubedude54 that "once dropped, never fired" - thing was originally a quote in Full Metal Jacket

[@Kimiko891]

lol this is funny! data insults jean-luc without knowing and picard gets all upset

[@Kimiko891]

yeah that is funny. data's all like WHAT DID I DO??? rofl

[@GradyBaby13]

yeah, a year later Data's like "wha?"

[@obrandtb71]

"Mr Data, I FART in your general direction! Depart, or I will chastise you a second time!"

[@bjbell52]

One of my favorite scenes in TNG.

[@Kiyosuki]

Whether it's influence diminishes or not by the time of TNG, it is still kinda funny to consider French an "obscure" language surely someone who's all about in depth analysis to the degree Data is would see that it's hardly been an obscure language in the broad scheme of human history whether he has emotions or not. Latin is a dead language now, but it certainly wasn't obscure in its time; so the writing here is a little wonky in that regard. But it's still a funny scene so whatever. Any excuse to put Picard in an awkward position. lol

[@yaosio]

Kiyosuki It was written by an idiot, that's why it's dumb.

[@vguyver2]

+Noah LeFoot not necessarily true. That prediction might become true. Take for example my native Portugal. It's the home of one of the most spoken languages in the world. Yet 25% of the Portuguese Nation now speaks English as well. Given time, the might statistic might increase to 50% or a hundred. What then happens to the original language, does it fuse with English to make a new one, die out and get replaced, or will the trend get reversed? Now consider this, it's happening all over the world and in the last 500 years the world has lost hundreds of old languages. New Guinea just recently lost an ancient language and is poised to lose another dozen. Languages mind you, that were widespread originally. If that is not enough, look at Occitan, used to be as widespread as French, but is now dying off. If you consider portuguese again, it's more wide spoken than French in the world, yet it's slowly being displaced by English.

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

V Guyver Ah Portuguese an obscure and dead Earth language, fascinating.

[@loresoong8207]

leave my brother tf olone

[@SquidkidMega]

I thought you were deactivated?

[@Lucille_McCartney73]

Bro you legit kicked him in the head. What Picard did is nothing compared to that and besides, weren’t you deactivated? I mean I get why you acted like that but I mean.

[@zachquintana4998]

I love the calculations Data does after Riker tells him he should drop it, and how he comes to the same conclusion haha

[@jones81381]

I loved that bit on Futurama.

[@darrenjones3784]

A Frenchman with a love of tea and a Yorkshire accent.

[@grahamyodude]

French people are mad that English and Mandarin are whats good now

[@anthonysiciliano861]

And Spanish, don't forget Spanish.

[@alexassassy5855]

You know that French is gonna be the most spoken language in 2050 right? French speaking Africa is experiencing its demographic transition and when it's done well French there will be more pple with French as birth language than chinese Spanish mandarin or Hindi

[@grahamyodude]

@@alexassassy5855 For some reason I cant see 1.5 billion + people speaking French

[@Altenarian]

The Capital of the Federation is in Paris, Starfleet headquarters and Starfleet Academy is in San Francisco, SF is the military of the Fed

[@ZuluRomeo]

"I suggest you drop it Mr Data... 😜" 😬

[@zarlg]

That's a rather idiotic statement on Data's part. Not only was French the main lingua franca for most of Western history, but in this excerpt he uses no less than 15 words that originate from French, including "society", "code", "honour", "example", "obscure", and "language". In fact you could say that calling French "obscure" is a contradiction in terms.

[@Monochromicornicopia]

@Zarl You're ignoring the context. In the mid 2300s, French could be an all-but-extinct language form.

[@trevorjames1030]

The Etruscan's,Greeks and Phoenician's are pissed the Ferengi stole their Latin-um.

[@zepafra]

Maybe you meant Latin and not French my dear friend

[@fl3082]

The only word i knew we got from French was "surrender"

[@zarlg]

@@Monochromicornicopia Well no, there's an episode where Picard visits his brother and they speak some French. And even if it was extinct that wouldn't make it obscure. Latin is a dead language but certainly not obscure.

[@oldbrokenhands]

The British accent threw off Data's ability to make a connection.

[@ValiantWrestling]

English accent, specifically, a Shakespearean Yorkshire accent. Britain is an island with three countries on it, each of the countries have people with very different sounding accents, therefore there is no such thing as a "british" accent".

[@scorpiusbalthazar4327]

@@ValiantWrestling That was cool but by saying British accent one is admitting that they don't know which one it sounds like.

[@OrdenJust]

And don't even get Jean-Luc Picard started on the actual language known as Picard!

[@hili3338]

There goes Data droid-splaining the obscurity of French to Jean-Luc

[@dee-annschwanke6676]

Am I the only one who does not get this at all :/

[@dapenguin2]

Picard is french.

[@Kalenz1234]

French sucks =p

[@postshift19]

Ignore his British accent, he's supposed to be French.

[@xreturnwthhonorx]

because he called the French language obscure. Picard took offense

[@louisarnold1764]

bastiaan0741 said " If Data would translate his name in French, it would be Data. And he would short circuit." Data (English) = Données (French) ../...

[@mrmadame28]

louis arnold: data come from latin, not english

[@louisarnold1764]

YES ^^ Sir ;)

[@JTDK1981]

At 0:19 it looks like Deanna is actually looking at the viewers like "Ohhh boy, here we go..this is gonna be hilarious"

[@Gr8Layks]

From Wiki: "...the winning of prestige in battle by the Plains Indians of North America. Warriors won prestige by acts of bravery in the face of the enemy...Any blow struck against the enemy counted as a coup, but the most prestigious acts included touching an enemy warrior with the hand, bow, or with a coup stick then escaping unharmed. Counting coup could also involve stealing an enemy's weapons or horses tied up to his lodge in camp. Risk of injury or death was required to count coup."

[@davids7912]

Technically this illustrates the US hatred for any 2nd language except for Spanish which the US school systems ram down kids throats from day 1. It helps them to remain industry fodder. In TV, Movies, and Plays the American culture has slammed on all languages while pushing it's citizens to insist everyone also speak English. Most other countries have citizens that can not only speak 2nd languages but 3rd and 4th while most of us here are brainwashed into thinking English is the beat all language. Even though English is technically more a "subjective" language than a scientific "objective" one. That is why so many politicians, court systems, and businesses all have such trouble communicating in the United States.

[@elayne3472]

Yay! Down with the MAN! Wooooooo! Or maybe it's because the people in the countries you're talking about live within driving distance of those 3-4 other languages. The US was founded primarily by English-speaking colonists and the only foreign languages nearby were spoken by people they regarded as "savages." If people in the US grew up in the type of region that people in Europe grow up in, more focus would be put on learning multiple languages. This is evidenced by your own admission that Spanish is spoken in the US, and in fact it is doing so on an increasing basis as more and more people who speak Spanish natively enter the country. Our neighbors to the north primarily speak English, with French as a distant second based on their population makeup. Our neighbors to the south overwhelmingly speak Spanish. Not at all coincidentally, it is those three languages we have traditionally written instructions in and distributing marketing materials in. Spanish and French are also the two most prominent languages taught in school, starting around the 7th or 8th grade. It's true that European schools have a larger focus on non-English languages earlier on, but that's because it's a part of daily life in that region. It doesn't mean there's a freaking conspiracy to eliminate all other languages. In fact, to my knowledge the only people in North America that have tried to do that are the French-speaking Canadians who passed laws restricting the distribution of materials that weren't in French. So maybe do a little research and quit listening to the other idiots on the internet who speak way before they think.

[@Jemalacane0]

This is why I'm glad to be trying to learn German.

[@Kiyosuki]

English is a language of global importance with or without the US, I don't think that can be argued against. However I do definitely agree that there is a lot of importance to being bilingual that's maybe played down both memetically in culture, and in our education system. Many foreign school systems place a far greater and immediate exepctation to know a second language or at least be familiar with it on a near mandatory scale. At least a little bit of english (as said, it is an important language), but depending on the country possibly another as well. I definitely can't say that same expectation exists here in the US. Like said above (oh man though please separate paragraphs lol.) though there's obviously a reason for why that came to pass historically, but it's definitely there regardless. In the modern age I definitely think higher emphasis on secondary language would help a lot in an increasingly global society.

[@ssjwes]

***** Oh please do you have any idea how much local governments in the US spend on Gov. papers to be printed in as many languages as possible? I know here in Houston you can get anything the Government prints in over 100 languages... It cost 10's of millions for the city alone not counting school stuff. That's the job of the local school systems which also spend untold amounts of money on the SAME THING... But no they are pushing people into English... if that was the case they wouldn't do the sort of things I just outlined...

[@eggcluck]

I would not even know where to begin with a reply to this, you clearly have no idea what you are talking about and carry across ignorance from so many levels, the whole thing is just a mess.

[@DugganCanning]

Does anyone else think that English is arguably the best country in the world for, basically, one reason? WE DON'T HAVE GENDERS IN OUR LANGUAGE. Seriously, who the fuck decided that "farmer" and "house" are feminine, but "pork" and "drink" are masculine? I know most other languages don't have genders either, but...seriously. That is single-handedly the hardest part of going from learning English to (most) other languages, like French or Italian. Genders, and the changes to rules and conjugations for said genders, are simply maddening.

[@TenouHaruka0]

English rarely follows its own rules and guidelines. It's a nightmare for people trying to learn it.

[@DugganCanning]

I'll agree that it is far easier to soak than to write. To compare to French, if you say something incorrectly in french threes a good chance it sounds exactly like some other form or some other words entirely. In English however you can say a completely wrong word (irregardless) and everyone will know what you mean

[@alanfrost75]

I love English and all that, but it is a huge mess, virtually impossible for a non-native to speak correctly (even when they think they are). Then again, Latin languages are fucked up beyond belief as well. So are the Scandinavian languages - which suffer from a vocabulary the size of a restaurant menu. Conclusion... every language is really fucked up. If it was up to me, I would scrap them all and make one damn logical language. Ofc, it's not up to me :P

[@TaiFerret]

English does have genders, but only the pronouns, which can be annoying as well. In many languages even pronouns are genderless and some languages don't even use pronouns that much.

[@EiziEizz]

Alan Frost Language is a mirror of the human mind, which is messy and fucked up a lot of times.

[@pidlive]

Yes. Him and his brother Robert grew up in La Barre, France. That's where the family home is. As for why Patrick was chosen for this role, Roddenberry did originally have a French guy lined up but he saw a stage performance by Patrick at the last minute and chose him instead.

[@schm1035]

Even in this day and age nobody speaks French anymore.