> In article <48bd700e$0$29505$607ed4bc@cv.net>, "JKconey"
> aol.com> wrote:
>

>> "ToolPackinMama" comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:EKydnWCUeogdESTVnZ2dnUVZ_jOdnZ2d@comcast.com...

>>> JKconey wrote:

>>>>> On Aug 28, 1:17 am, ToolPackinMama comcast.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>

>>>>>> Look, with a website calledhttp://www.spockosbrain.com, I think
>>>>>> it's clear enough that this newsmaker is a Trekkie.

>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thought you'd like to know Mama, that at the ST con in Vegas
>>>> there
>>>> were over 3000 guests, and all of them referred to themselves as
>>>> "TREKKERS". LOL

>>>
>>> Sure they did. :)
>>>
>>> I was a Trekkie before Trekkers were born, like every single Trek
>>> Fan who was a fan from the start.
>>>
>>> I know what I am. :)

>>
>>
>> You know I'm just teasing you but..... whoever spoke to the
>> audience,
>> from Sulu & Uhura to cast members of Next Gen & Voyager & DS9 &
>> Enterprise, not one that we heard ever said trekkies. It was always
>> Trekkers.

>
> Trekkie was always an insult. "Eww, Trekkies"
>
> Trekker was born after TVGuide incorrectly reported that fans at
> conventions were calling themselves "Trekkies" in an attempt to ward
> off the insulting term being used for everybody.
>