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Posted by Lurker Emeritus (Member # 1888) on August 14, 2006 06:06 AM:

Ran a search but it was inconclusive. I got the impression that Iceland is an unofficial name. Is it the warp delta?

If so, why Iceland?

Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on August 14, 2006 06:15 AM:

Because it's a small Norway.

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on August 14, 2006 03:18 PM:

..and thus, bad pun became the accepted name.
I'm thinking this is how the real Greenland got it's name.

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on August 14, 2006 04:54 PM:

Hey, you takes yer claims to fame where you can get 'em. My next goal is to get Bernd to mention the name in his piece on the ship. . .

Posted by Lurker Emeritus (Member # 1888) on August 15, 2006 02:50 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Jason Abbadon:
..and thus, bad pun became the accepted name.
I'm thinking this is how the real Greenland got it's name.

Not so much a bad pun as a ruthless piece of 10th century propaganda! The place was named by Eric the Red who started a colony there around 1000 A.D. When he went home to recruit more colonists, rather than call it Wasteland or Really Bloody Cold And Miserable Land, he thought the name of Greenland might be more enticing.

What a bastard [Cool]

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on August 15, 2006 03:19 AM:

Greenland is gorgeous.

Also, to be fair, a smaller Norway would be a Denmark, yes?

Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on August 15, 2006 04:06 AM:

It's the Iceland. ICELAND!!!

And hey, I'm the guy who named the Shelley class. Since the end of Unseen Frontier, it's my only real claim, so I'm running with it. [Smile]

Mark

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on August 15, 2006 03:15 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Shik:
Greenland is gorgeous.

Also, to be fair, a smaller Norway would be a Denmark, yes?

Yeah, but then you'd always hear that insipid "something is rotten in Denmark" line whenever the ship was mentioned.

Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on August 15, 2006 04:21 PM:

quote:
And hey, I'm the guy who named the Shelley class. Since the end of Unseen Frontier, it's my only real claim, so I'm running with it.

...Except that your clam is usually being quoted as the Shelly class. [Razz]

Timo Saloniemi

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on August 15, 2006 04:53 PM:

First person to photoshop the name USS Shelly onto a clam wins.

Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on August 15, 2006 09:03 PM:

Or an egg. [Wink]

Anyway, people who call it "Shelly-class" are all poo-poo heads for Trek fans. So there!

Mark