"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Thursday 29 January 2009

Beam me up, Scotty

Everyone knows that the popular catchphrase "Beam me up, Scotty" came from 'Star Trek'. Except it didn't.



It seems that "Beam me up, Scotty" was never used by William Shatner (Captain Kirk) in 'Star Trek'. The nearest he came to it was "Beam us up, Scotty" on the Star Trek animated series
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  1. Graham Edwards29 January 2009 at 05:40

    Well, good heavens. You could knock me over with a feather.

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