[meteorite-list] Silly-sounding Meteorite Names

From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 02:12:36 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <8CE374E71AB0774-5E0-2E03C_at_webmail-m074.sysops.aol.com>

Bill wrote:

"Is there any meteorite name that can really be tagged as being
frivolous?"

I vote for the 1944 fall, "Mike", as the silliest meteorite name of all
time.

(just so the Mike Web Ring doesn't go after me, let me specify, it is
for Mike G since he started the thread!)

Seriously, there is one frivolous name IMO,

"Santiago Papasquiero"

One letter was in error somewhere in the naming process, probably as
submitted by Chuck Lewis to the meteoritical bulletin in Moscow. He
was the Curator at the time of the ASU meteorite collection. It almost
seems it was done on purpose...

In the original language, a fusion of Spanish and Tepehuan (Nahuatl)
language, it meant,

"The Preists of the Temple of the Eagles"

Talk about meteoritical butchery ;-)

It now means when translated,

"James I want potatoes."

Kindest wishes
Doug


-----Original Message-----
From: bill kies <parkforestmet at hotmail.com>
To: mikestang <mikestang at gmail.com>
Cc: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Fri, Sep 2, 2011 1:14 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Silly-sounding Meteorite Names



I understand that some of these names seem funny when translated from
other
languages, compared to slang terms, used as idioms or otherwise
misinterpreted
but I don't see how any are actually silly. This thread is silly in the
true
sense of the word. I thought the naming process allowed for a certain
amount of
flair when there was a choice at all but not silliness.

Is there any meteorite name that can really be tagged as being
frivolous?

Bill



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> From: mikestang at gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 20:47:10 -0700
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Silly-sounding Meteorite Names
>
> Mike, here's a few that always make me chuckle:
>
> Beaver
> Boxhole
> Chadong
> Faucett (this one's always running)
> Gan Gan (Git Git's distant cousin)
> Potter (Harry?)
> Tatahouine (isn't Luke Skywalker from there?)
> Vaca Mueta (dead cow for crying out loud!)
>
> Best,
> Michael in so. Cal.
>
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Michael Gilmer
<meteoritemike at gmail.com>
wrote:
> >
> > Hi List,
> >
> > In your opinion, what is the silliest meteorite name?
> >
> > Git Git. (sounds like someone shoo'ing away a stray dog)
> >
> > Camel Donga, Billy Goat Donga (and all Dongas for that matter!)
> >
> > I am sure there are many more that I am forgetting at the
moment.....
> >
> > Anyone?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > MikeG
> >
> >
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