2009/1/25 Heikki Johannes Junes <[email protected]>
> 2009/1/25 D. Michael McIntyre <[email protected]>
>
>> On Sunday 25 January 2009, Chris Cannam wrote:
>>
>> > The only thing I have against Autumn Gold is that it used to be a
>> > brand name of cheap cider here in the UK.
>>
>> Bah. Forget that then.
>>
>> > Apart from that, I like it. I like Abraham Darby too, although with a
>> > name like that you'd want to check up on who Abraham Darby actually
>> > was, perhaps.
>> >
>> > I don't think for a minute that we should actually attempt to go in
>> > alphabetical order, by the way.
>>
>> Oh. That simplifies matters. We could go with my overall first pick then,
>> the
>> tongue-in-cheek Codename Texas. Everybody knows the Yellow Rose of
>> Texas. :)
>>
>> But anyway:
>>
>> Abraham Darby Specialist School for the Performing Arts
>> >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
>>
>> (Redirected from Abraham Darby Specialist School For The Performing Arts)
>> The Abraham Darby School for the Performing Arts
>> [...]
>> The Abraham Darby School for the Performing Arts in Telford, Shropshire,
>> UK,
>> received specialist status in performing arts in 2003. It is named after
>> Abraham Darby III and is situated approximately one mile from the world
>> famous Iron Bridge which he built in 1779.
>> [...]
>> The school has 44 years of musical tradition and is home to the wind band,
>> The
>> Abraham Darby Showband.
>>
>>
>> Abraham Darby III was the third in a line of key Industrial Revolution
>> figures
>> who were all apparently involved in inventing the process of using coke
>> rather than charcoal in iron production, which would seem (though not
>> stated
>> as such in the articles) to be a step toward cheap steel and life as we
>> know
>> it.
>>
>> Kind of cool for a random pick, actually, though if there's too much
>> baggage
>> here, we could scrap everything, and go a completely different way.
>>
>> In fact, it has just occurred to me that the BEST possible codename for
>> this
>> release is Rosegarden Thorn. It has certainly been a thorn in ALL of our
>> sides!
>>
>> I officially nominate Thorn.
>> --
>> D. Michael McIntyre
>
>
> What a great name! I will agree all the names you suggest, Michael.
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(botany)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_%28botany%29>
>
> Long live Rosegarden Thorn!
>
> (Or short live, if you prefer short release cycle.)
According to the wikipedia article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(botany)
roses do not have thorns, but prickles. :-/
--
Heikki
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