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Author: randomsurfer

Feb 2nd 2014 at 11:27:08 PM

I'll have to look up the Voyager examples in more detail (unless someone else chimes in) but as I recall, the Kazon youth called Chakotay "Starfleet" to dehumanize (or rather, de-sentient-being-ize) him in his own mind, and/or to show Chakotay and by extension the Starfleet crew conempt. Chakotay threw it back in his face to show he's not being intimidated.  When Neelix first met Tuvok he asked him something like "and what are you?" Tuvok answered "I am a Vulcan," and so Neelix called him Mr. Vulcan.

EDIT: This exchange occurs shortly after Neelix meets the Starfleet/Federation crew. He is energized and is astonished to discover that he is still in one piece.
-->NEELIX: Astonishing! You Federations are obviously an advanced culture.
-->TUVOK: The Federation is made up of many cultures. I am Vulcan.
Captain Janeway had introduced herself by name, so it is reasonable to assume that Neelix took "I am Vulcan" to mean "my name is Vulcan."  Even after he would have been corrected he still called Tuvok "Mr. Vulcan" as - I suppose - a private joke between the two of them that only he finds funny.