• Apeman42@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I read a theory once that “daimon”, the Ferengi title for captain, could translate to “good/lead merchant” or something along those lines.

      So if we assume that’s true, it’s possible that “hewmon” means something like “shitty merchant”, and it’s just pure coincidence it basically sounds like human.

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        11 months ago

        I mean it is usually said with some distain in the voice. I had always thought it was some sort of pun or something.

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      11 months ago

      Human is the one word they know in Federation Standard. They go out of their way to mispronounce it.