I actually love that name, and have played the part of the driver, explaining it to family during a road trip. Since English isn't our first language, they didn't make the passenger's objection...
The Very Large Array: it's so -- clear. But it also makes me think of clothing sizes: S, M, L, XL, etc... ;) .
But it actually *is* very large, as opposed to clothing sizes. There's also a VLBA - very long baseline array. We have a bunch of other acronyms, some of which are actually clever. The only one I can think of right now is 2MASS: the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey with UMass as one of the main sponsors. Most aren't cever though.
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Date: 2007-12-12 02:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-12 04:35 pm (UTC)I actually love that name, and have played the part of the driver, explaining it to family during a road trip. Since English isn't our first language, they didn't make the passenger's objection...
The Very Large Array: it's so -- clear. But it also makes me think of clothing sizes: S, M, L, XL, etc... ;) .
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Date: 2007-12-12 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-12 08:56 pm (UTC)But I do think the clothing sizes are also appropriate -- I've seen some XLs that are, indeed, extra large -- is that a shirt or a home?
Ooo! 2MASS is Clever Indeed!
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