From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: liam@valentijn.nu   
   Subject: Re: Define "alien"   
      
   ToolPackinMama wrote:   
   > OK, so, I say in TOS, "alien" means "not of our world".   
   >   
   > You?   
   >   
   > :)   
      
      
   I would say:   
      
   - Not originating from our world.   
      
   Otoh, maybe after a couple of generations....   
      
   Hundreds and hundreds of years ago my ancestors might have lived in France.   
   But I'm not French.   
      
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