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yay i got a response from the lhc guys

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Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
September 16 2008 15:22 GMT
#1
as you may or may not know, the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) has a name contest-make a new name by Friday. I submitted the following:

Dear Mr. Edwards:

My idea for a new name for the LHC is the Colliding Regulating Analyzer for Proton-Proton Emissions, or CRAPPE. Not only does it distinguish all of the separate actions of the LHC, namely, the regulating of collisions, the analysis of certain object of interest, and of course the proton beam collosions, but it also is much easier to pronounce than LHC. Whereas LHC requires three widely
different syllables for the typical English speaker, CRAPPE requires a mere two, thus saving 33% of the time to be used for further discussion of the wonders of sub-atomic physics.

Another advantage of the name is it is carefully designed to avoid any of the absurd sexual innuendo that is brought on by a common misspelling of the word "hadron," as many people spell it "hardon," thus absolutely befuddling the typical layman. This particular acronym not only has
relatively simple words that layman can understand, and if misspelled will be extraordinarily difficult to transmute into such sexually lewd language.

The original idea was the slightly smaller acronym CRAPE. It has one syllable and 17% less lettering, but the disadvantage of this acronym is that it sounds utterly like a French dish and would lead to further confusion. CRAPPE takes care of this mixture with delicious pancakes
with the completely different pronounciation.

Alternatively, one may use Proton Emission Watcher, or PEW, as an acronym, as well as Grand 2-proton Galvanizer, or G2G.

Best wishes from a site of another potentially apocalyptic experiment,
***** ********


And my response was


*******,

Many thanks indeed for your eloquent pitch. My "Unread Email" count was
in four figures yesterday morning, so only the entertaining entries have
kept me sane.

Best wishes, Jon


yay

*****
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SpiralArchitect
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2116 Posts
September 16 2008 15:28 GMT
#2
Haha dude tht email is hilarious I hope they name it PEW.
TeamLiquids #1 illiterate writer, writin dem wordz is de hardz.
_Grazze_
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
834 Posts
September 16 2008 15:29 GMT
#3
Haha CRAPPE
o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
September 16 2008 15:43 GMT
#4
Hahaha awesome name

5/5 would read again
eazo
Profile Joined March 2008
United States530 Posts
September 16 2008 15:48 GMT
#5
Very nice hahah
Aerox
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Malaysia1213 Posts
September 16 2008 15:59 GMT
#6
This was a triumph! XD XD XD XD XD
"Eyes in the sky."
ToT)OjKa(
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Korea (South)2437 Posts
September 16 2008 16:37 GMT
#7
that's awesome

PEW would rock
OjKa OjKa OjKa!
ahrara_
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Afghanistan1715 Posts
September 16 2008 16:44 GMT
#8
PEW PEW PEW
in Afghanistan we have 20% literacy rate
ThatGuy
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada695 Posts
September 16 2008 18:24 GMT
#9
Hahaha! Great e-mail.
Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
September 16 2008 19:28 GMT
#10
If you could somehow make it PEW PEW that would be brilliant, since PEW just makes most people think of those church benches.
No I'm never serious.
Duke
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
United States1106 Posts
September 16 2008 19:30 GMT
#11
how do you pronounce CRAPPE? crappy?
kpcrew
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1071 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-16 19:48:31
September 16 2008 19:48 GMT
#12
hilarious.

the hadron pun was a bit obvious, but still funny as hell
Clan Lzuruha
Bill307
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Canada9103 Posts
September 16 2008 20:51 GMT
#13
lol, the LHC is having a new-name contest?

Amusingly, even scientific publications sometimes misspell it.
http://scholar.google.ca/scholar?q="large hardon collider"&hl=en&lr=

Personally I think they should keep the current name: I think it's a great way to attract the attention of the layman.
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
September 16 2008 21:09 GMT
#14
omfg i'm shaking with laughter in my philo class
^-^
Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
September 16 2008 21:55 GMT
#15
On September 17 2008 04:48 kpcrew wrote:
hilarious.

the hadron pun was a bit obvious, but still funny as hell


the funny thing is that is an actual major reason for the name change
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Leunal
Profile Joined February 2008
United States127 Posts
September 16 2008 22:09 GMT
#16
LOL :D
oh dee
Cham
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
797 Posts
September 16 2008 22:11 GMT
#17
Full of win.
TheNikeYork
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States389 Posts
September 16 2008 22:55 GMT
#18
On September 17 2008 00:59 Aerox wrote:
This was a triumph!


I'm making a note here; Huge success!
Everyone knows cucumbers have terrible souls
Ozarugold
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
2716 Posts
September 16 2008 23:23 GMT
#19
That's awesome. PEW!!
this is my quote.
mikeymoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada7170 Posts
September 16 2008 23:25 GMT
#20
That's gold. I like the lettering efficiency and etc. that you put into the pitch.
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