Considering TOS was produced in the sixties, this might be exactly what happened.

Re: Edit Lol, a friend of mine has that name. It’s not an easy one if you’re not used to Irish names. ^^

Irish names are fun. There’s also a good amount of Irish people going for deed poll changing their name from the English spelling to the Irish one and vice versa. A friend of mine went from Noel to Nollaig.

The joy of going to Starbucks with an Irish name like Caoimhe or Saoirse.

My name contains seven silent letters…

True, but it’s probably the one OP was referring to. At least I can’t think of another relevant episode featuring O’Brien in that regard.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Storyteller_(Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine)

Happy birthday and get well soon. Your Photoshop is spot on and the American healthcare system is a joke. All the best from evil socialist Europe. 🖖

I wonder if Kirk could jump over ten red shirts while waterskiing.

Get rid off the bleeps, though. We’re not all living in the States.

Happy cakeday, mon capitan!

One year on Lemmy for me as well. Thank you for all the memes. :)

About time!

This will forever be one of my favourite Star Trek scenes of all time.

Cousin, it’s your cousin. Why don’t you take me bowling?

The only correct answer is VOY S2E15.

My favourite band being awesome again. Thanks!

Splendid!

Right on! <3

Highly appreciated. Happy pride month y’all.

Space mining in Deep Rock Galactic FOR THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE!