One a second note, I was relieved to find out that Ezri had not been promoted, just the glare of that one scene made it appear to be so.
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Posted by Jim Phelps (Member # 102) on :
The BoP thing is extremely important since it suggests that the designations have nothing to do with size, only with configuration. Maybe the K�Vort designation refers to BoP ships with a greater firepower or troop capacity, which in the past required a larger spaceframe. Nowdays, the miniaturization may be further ahead, which made the 200m+ ships obsolete - hence the lack of big BoPs in the recent eps.
Boris
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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :
The runabout is pronounced "Ganda," but at one point Ezri said "Gander." I know many people who change trailing "a" sounds to "er," though. I'm told it's a Boston accent thing.
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
*wonders why Ezri would have a Boston accent*
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Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
There is a Gander River... longest river in Newfoundland, flows through the town of Gander (the western equivalent of Shannon Airport during the pre-jet era).
It's quite possible that whoever said it earlier clipped the -er making it sound like Ganda, while Ezri, with her near-perfect Canadian pronounciation (and a basic knowledge of Canadian Geography thanks to knowing someone called Nicole deBoer), got it right. 
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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
*lol*
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
*likes Tom's theory*
There's a trhead exactly like this at TNO too.
*grumbling, decides public confidence lets him switch it back to Gander in his complete synopsis*
I proclaim thee the U.S.S. Gander, closest river to me ever mentioned on Star Trek!
Perhaps we should ask Moore...?
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Posted by Brown_supahero (Member # 83) on :
Hey anybody who played a lesbian in a National Lampoons (DeBoer) movie can pronouce it any way she wants
Gander River, NF, CA
Damn only if see got the Rio Grande she wouldn't be in this mess
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Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
You mean the Rio Grande is still hanging around?
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
Alive (well, as alive as ships get) and well. Hardly scratched.
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Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I'd be very impressed if the Rio Grande survived until the end of the series. The only original runabout to survive at Deep Space Nine. Well, I guess the only runabout period to last more than a year at Deep Space Nine.
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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :
That's the best theory I've heard yet Boris.
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Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Well, considering we didn't see the Korraga, who knows how big it was?
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Posted by Enterprise (Member # 48) on :
Well, I guess I can say that the old USS Volga is the runabout named after the river in the area of Russia where my family lived before comming to the USA...
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