8 Nov
2019
8 Nov
'19
7:56 a.m.
Some apparently prefer to call it STD *because* of the disease connection. The point is that Memory Alpha’s decision makers have decided to abbreviate it as DIS, contrary to the official CBS usage of DSC. They have a reputation for ignoring established convention when it contradicts an early decision of theirs, and for invoking “common usage” when they insist on sticking with something that’s not supported by canon. -- ghunchu'wI'
On Nov 8, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Some may prefer DIS to STD because of the common (at least in the US) abbreviation STD for "sexually transmitted disease". E.g. "Do you smoke? Drink? Any STDs?"
Voragh