Jeri Ryan uttalade i en intervju för september 1999-utgåvan av Playboy tidningen (nej, hon verkar inte naken) att hon frågade producenterna av Voyager om hon skulle uttala det "få-flisar" som andra Borg, men hon var uttryckligen instruerad att säga "få-tul":
PLAYBOY: Speaking of the Borg, is resistance "few-tile" or "few-tul"?
RYAN: Good question. When my character was introduced, I had to say, "Resistance is futile." The producers had shown me the movie First Contact so I'd at least know what a Borg is, and every time a Borg speaks the line it's "Resistance is few-tile." Few-tile, few-tile, few-tile. So I asked your question: "Few-tile? Is that a Borg thing? Or is it few-tul?" They said, "No, no, no, it's few-tul. You don't say few-tile. Patrick Stewart says few-tile because he has an English accent." I said, "Well, what about the voice of the Collective? It says few-tile, doesn't it?" "No, no, no. We recorded the voice of the Collective and it says few-tul." I said, "All right, but I don't want to take the flak if we start getting mail because I said the wrong thing." Sure enough, the show airs and the voice of the Collective says few-tile, and I'm the only Borg in the history of Star Trek, apparently, who has ever said few-tul. It has no zip. It's depressing.
Webbplatsen Ex Astris Scientia noterar att den enda andra förekomsten av ett tecken som uttalar det " få-tul "är data i första kontakten , ironiskt nog den film som Jeri Ryan citerade i intervjun.
Actually, Data says "few-tul" too in "Star Trek: First Contact" (when he smashes the coolant tube, thereby killing the Borg). Which appears strange because Jeri Ryan should have noticed that, saying that she watched the movie. Perhaps she only saw the introduction of the Borg in the beginning. And after all, she explicitly referred to the Borg always saying "few-tile", not to Data.
Det är också möjligt att Jeri Ryan faktiskt märkte att Data sa det annorlunda, vilket fick henne att fråga producenterna "Är det en Borg sak?" Eller hon glömde bara.