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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBoaty McBoatface could be the name of £200m research vessel after public vote
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/boaty-mcboatface-could-be-the-name-of-200m-research-vessel-after-public-vote-a6942551.htmlThe official name of a new multi-million pound research vessel could be the RRS Boaty McBoatface after the internet was asked for its ideas.
When the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) opened up suggestions to name their new ship, little could they have predicted what the frontrunner would be.
Steaming ahead of its rivals, RRS Boaty McBoatface is outstripping the likes of Endeavour, Henry Worsley, David Attenborough, Falcon and many more offerings.
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Boaty McBoatface could be the name of £200m research vessel after public vote (Original Post)
swag
Mar 2016
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Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)1. I love it! I hope the name doesn't get vetoed
keep it silly and entertaining. People will remember what it is and what it does - and I'm willing to bet be more willing to fund its research and science in the future.
Who says scientist are supposed to be a bunch of stuffy nerds? I forget which one, but either Plutonium was named as a joke or the (ex)planet Pluto was named as a joke after the other.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2. That's funny and I totally love it.
Kaleva
(36,294 posts)3. To counter the HMS Dreadnought, we might have had the USS Skeered O' Nothin'
" In 1906, when Great Britain launched HMS Dreadnought, Congressman Williams introduced a bill to change the name of USS Michigan to USS Skeered O' Nothin' as a challenge to the prestigious English."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sharp_Williams
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)4. If you want a serious response
don't ask the Internet!
progressoid
(49,978 posts)6. Oh internet.