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Lurker Emeritus
Member # 1888
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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?
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Cartman
Member # 256
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Because it's a small Norway.
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Jason Abbadon
Member # 882
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..and thus, bad pun became the accepted name. I'm thinking this is how the real Greenland got it's name.
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Lee
Member # 393
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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. . .
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Lurker Emeritus
Member # 1888
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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
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Shik
Member # 343
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Greenland is gorgeous.
Also, to be fair, a smaller Norway would be a Denmark, yes?
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Mark Nguyen
Member # 469
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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.
Mark
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Jason Abbadon
Member # 882
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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.
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Timo
Member # 245
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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.
Timo Saloniemi
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Lee
Member # 393
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First person to photoshop the name USS Shelly onto a clam wins.
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Mark Nguyen
Member # 469
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Or an egg.
Anyway, people who call it "Shelly-class" are all poo-poo heads for Trek fans. So there!
Mark
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