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Nice to know that we have one. :wink:

Link to the official site here and to a story on the Independent website here.

Notice that the acronym is UNOOSA - those double 'o's get everywhere!
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Uncle Reno wrote:
Notice that the acronym is UNOOSA - those double 'o's get everywhere!
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And the winner for the most unpronounceable acronyms on a website homepage is...

It's sort of cool though.. is this how the federation of planets starts? 8)
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Darkbee wrote:
And the winner for the most unpronounceable acronyms on a website homepage is...
I thought the best one though was the acronym for the "United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response" which they managed to make into..... "UN-SPIDER"! :lol:
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Uncle Reno wrote:
Darkbee wrote:
And the winner for the most unpronounceable acronyms on a website homepage is...
I thought the best one though was the acronym for the "United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response" which they managed to make into..... "UN-SPIDER"! :lol:
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lol, how in Hell do you get "spider" out of that! acronymns aren't supposed to be anagrams are they?!
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Killer Wolf wrote:
lol, how in Hell do you get "spider" out of that! acronymns aren't supposed to be anagrams are they?!
Another "miltary" one is TENA (pronounced TEE-NAH) - Test and Training Enabling Architecture. I suspect it stood for something else originally and they just kept the name!
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And a more scientific one from the semiconductor industry (where I pretend to work and they pretend to pay me).

An older technology is Carbon Nanotubes, usually abbreviated to CNT. Unfortunately they've now developed this and can make them from metal - specifically Copper (chemical symbol Cu).

I'll leave the acronym that everyone avoids to your imagination... :wink:
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Mmmm, that's unfortunate, isn't it?
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Thargoid wrote:
And a more scientific one from the semiconductor industry (where I pretend to work and they pretend to pay me).

An older technology is Carbon Nanotubes, usually abbreviated to CNT. Unfortunately they've now developed this and can make them from metal - specifically Copper (chemical symbol Cu).

I'll leave the acronym that everyone avoids to your imagination... :wink:
:roll: :lol:

My sister-in-law's Polytechnic when it was becoming a University got as far a the first run of letterheads for approval before somebody noticed that "City University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne" - would probably not be a good idea!
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
♦My sister-in-law's Polytechnic when it was becoming a University got as far a the first run of letterheads for approval before somebody noticed that "City University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne" - would probably not be a good idea!
I bet those original letter heads would fetch a handsome price eBay! ;)
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Apparently, Mary Whitehouse (a now-deceased UK campaigner for "decency" on TV – i.e. casual racism OK, human sexuality not OK) was going to call her campaign "Clean Up National Television" ... sadly someone noticed before they made up the banners and the badges.
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I heard a story that the local ambulance service in my area was going to be rebranded the Fife Area Rescue Team until someone noticed the acronym and poo-pooed the idea. ;-)

I don't know how true it is.
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Wait, you're a Fifer? Whereabouts from? I ask because I grew up near Cupar ... that experience leads me to doubt the story. Not the acronym bit, the noticing bit. ;)
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Yarr, born and brought up in Kirkcaldy, so watch your disparaging remarks about the mental well-being of the Fife health service!! ;-)
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