"Annoying the right people" was basically the argument for renaming the Brecon Beacons. (View Post)

It will be, er, interesting to see how that pans out in practice. (View Post)

I think that's called Ludo. (View Post)

They got very grumpy, as I recall, that having changed their name from Aberdeen to Abrdn, people insisted on calling them Abrdn, insisting it should still be pronounced Aberdeen. To which I would rep… (View Post)

Post of the week. On Abrdn: maybe this is an indication that our society has passed peak insanity. We can no longer afford luxury beliefs like that of the superfluity of interior vowels. (View Post)