Saber or Sabre?

posted on December 25th, 2009, 9:55 pm

One thing I've never been able to settle on is the name of this Class. I've always favored Sabre, but does anyone know if the name was ever covered in canon?

posted on December 25th, 2009, 10:11 pm

Saber is the most common spelling that I have seen for the ship, so it's probably that.

[Myles]

posted on December 25th, 2009, 10:59 pm

Last edited by Myles on December 25th, 2009, 11:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.

actually the sword can be spelled either way, sabre is common in britain and commonwealth countries. saber in america.

the star trek encyclopedia uses sabre a lot. i say it dont really matter, they should flip a coin and just be consistent. as long as they dont spell it saboor.

posted on December 25th, 2009, 10:59 pm

Saber class - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki

posted on December 25th, 2009, 11:11 pm

I know what Memory Alpha calls it, but they said it was for consistancy rather than claiming that is the undisputed name.

actually the sword can be spelled either way, sabre is common in britain and commonwealth countries. saber in america.

the star trek encyclopedia uses sabre a lot. i say it dont really matter, they should flip a coin and just be consistent. as long as they dont spell it saboor.

The sword can be spelled both ways?

posted on December 25th, 2009, 11:13 pm

Sabre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

wikipedia says so!!!!!!
dont argue with wikipedia or your knowledge will be added to their own

it comes from french where it would be sabre. as saber would be: sa-bay, an infinitive verb most likely (which i doubt exists)

posted on December 25th, 2009, 11:15 pm

actually the sword can be spelled either way, sabre is common in britain and commonwealth countries. saber in america.

Second that. As far as I know the one is AE the other BE.  :thumbsup:

posted on December 25th, 2009, 11:55 pm

Sabre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

wikipedia says so!!!!!!
dont argue with wikipedia or your knowledge will be added to their own

it comes from french where it would be sabre. as saber would be: sa-bay, an infinitive verb most likely (which i doubt exists)

Funny that that link says saber or sabre.

posted on December 26th, 2009, 1:56 am

To me if your American, it is Saber. But if your british, than it is Sabre. To me I kinda switch between them because they both mean the same to me.

posted on December 26th, 2009, 2:02 am

Funny that that link says saber or sabre.

u didnt read the post i was replying too, so your ":P" was incorrect.
the question from tyler was if the sword sabre/saber could indeed be spelt both ways, i cited the wikipedia article as proof that both spellings are acceptable, as sabre is british english, which being older and more connected to french uses the french roots. saber is american english as american english usually switches to more phonetic spelling.

your lexicological distinctiveness will be added to our own  

posted on December 26th, 2009, 2:52 am

Sabre after the airplane

posted on December 26th, 2009, 10:09 am

u didnt read the post i was replying too, so your ":P" was incorrect.
the question from tyler was if the sword sabre/saber could indeed be spelt both ways, i cited the wikipedia article as proof that both spellings are acceptable, as sabre is british english, which being older and more connected to french uses the french roots. saber is american english as american english usually switches to more phonetic spelling.

your lexicological distinctiveness will be added to our own  

Lol sorry fail.

posted on December 26th, 2009, 10:44 am

British English spell it 'Sabre'

American English spell it 'Saber'

posted on December 26th, 2009, 12:31 pm

Something funny, the Saber has the same type of Phasers as the galaxy class 

posted on December 26th, 2009, 1:52 pm

in ds9 it had torps, we should make sabre is underpowered threads, like the sovereign is underpowered threads