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To be clear, the U.K. Govt website [1] allows people to submit suggestions, and the NERC are not obliged to use the highest ranking suggestion. Although persona
by KineticLensman 11y ago
To be clear, the U.K. Govt website [1] allows people to submit suggestions, and the NERC are not obliged to use the highest ranking suggestion. Although personally I liked 'what iceberg' as a name
Edit: added link
[1] http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2016/10-ship-naming/ http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2016/10-ship-naming/
- manuelflara 11y agoThere were actually some hilarious suggestions on Reddit (not sure if they're all actual submissions) like Usain Boat, Ice Ice Baby, Boatimus Prime, Notitanic, Boats by Dre or Pier Pressure.
- NickNameNick 11y agoThe company that does the maintenance on the waterfront and harbour near where I live has a small barge called Pier Pressure.
- rShergold 11y agoMy old university town of Aberystwyth has a club called Pier Pressure which, rather pleasingly, is on a pier.
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- masklinn 11y ago> Although personally I liked 'what iceberg' as a name That's a very Culture ship name.
- arethuza 11y agoBanks' father was in the Royal Navy and he grew up in North Queensferry right next to the Forth Bridge and the Rosyth naval base - pretty sure that influenced his love of really big things and Ships With Cool Names - the RN being rather good at the latter and there are few bridges with the visual impact of the former.
- scarygliders 11y agoI was musing on a Culture-type name last night, and came up with; Anticipation Of A New Iceberg's Arrival, The
- jaxb 11y agoThey See Me Trawling...
- genericpseudo 11y agoIce, Ice Baby
- arethuza 11y ago"Arbitrary" might be good as it collects snowflakes as a hobby.
- Eric_WVGG 11y agoPillar of Autumn is one of the runner-up votes, and it is widely speculated that the original Halo was heavily influenced by the Culture books. http://marathon.bungie.org/story/halo_culture.html http://marathon.bungie.org/story/halo_culture.html
- masklinn 11y agoThat doesn't have the classic "lack of gravitas" of Culture ship-naming conventions though. It reads more like a Morthanveld or Zihdren-Remnanter ship name. Unless there's a joke I'm missing in there.
- mikeash 11y agoI have no interest in boating, but I dream of one day buying a boat just so I can name it Ultimate Ship II.
- noonespecial 11y agonice. I'm going to call mine "Real Hackers Ship".
- mikeash 11y agoThat's wonderful. I think you need two: Real Hackers Ship and Real Hackers' Ship.