Perseverance (aka Percy)- Naming Discussion |
Perseverance (aka Percy)- Naming Discussion |
Mar 7 2021, 09:10 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
just be thankful the helicopter wasn't named Choppy McChoppyface
Go PERCY! Go GINNY! -------------------- CLA CLL
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Mar 8 2021, 04:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1582 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Not sure about the morphing of Perseverance to Percy. For me the rovers, like ships, have all been female and Perseverance's role is a gatherer, traditionally a female role. The Royal Navy has had many 'platitudinous noble quality' ships, but I'm not finding much info on nicknames. It's interesting that two notable USN ships in this vein -- Enterprise and Intrepid, got the nicknames 'Big E' and 'Fighting I.' 'Nuclear P' would be a fun one. |
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Mar 14 2021, 06:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2428 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
The Royal Navy has had many 'platitudinous noble quality' ships, but I'm not finding much info on nicknames. It's interesting that two notable USN ships in this vein -- Enterprise and Intrepid, got the nicknames 'Big E' and 'Fighting I.' 'Nuclear P' would be a fun one. Over on the M20 Reddit sub, I voted for Vera, but Percy seemed to win the popular vote.. ( |
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