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Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us
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Fri, 1 Oct 1999 16:10:51 GMT
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JSPROAT@IOspamcake.COM
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.us.ut, Jeremy Sproat writes:
> > We're playing with WALUG, for Wasatch Area LUG.
> (curiousity! :) What exactly is "Wasatch"? Is it a part of Utah, or does
> it go beyond Utah?
The Wasatch Front is the Rocky Mountain range that runs along the eastern
side of Salt Lake Valley. It's pretty much a Utah thing. :-,
> What do the Linux LUGs in Utah call themselves?
Not sure. Everyone I've ever met here is pretty much a Win32 bigot. >:-P
Linux.org (1) offers these names:
- Club Linux (Cedar City, UT)
- Provo Linux User Group (Provo, UT)
- BYU Unix Users Group (Provo, UT)
- Salt Lake Linux User Group (Salt Lake City, UT)
Quick analysis:
- two LUGs
- one refers to a city, one refers to a university, and one refers to a
geographic region
- one forms a pronouncable acronym
> I'd see WA, by the way, and immediately think Washington (as in state and
> apples), but maybe that's just me.
Well...I like the Wasatch Area, myself. :-, I'm not willing to get into a
pissing match over the name, but if we use WA first, then the Washintonians
are SOL.
> Say, have you considered UTLUG (as in "UT" being the postal abbreviation for
> Utah) or WULUG (Wasatch-Utah) or GWLUG (Greater Wasatch) or GULUG (Greater
> Utah)...?
We have GULAG (Greater Utah Lego Admirers Group) on the list; these others
are good too.
...UTLUG sounds kinda Neandrethal, hmmm...
> > I think, though, that the
> > best one is WAFOL, or Wasatch Area Fans Of Lego. It has a nice breakfast-y
> > ring to it... :-,
> LOL! :) For some reason I read that as "AWOL" with an "F" hidden in there
> somewhere. :)
It's a many-splendored name. :-,
Cheers,
- jsproat
1. http://www.linux.org/users/groups/usa/utah.html
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
"I've spent the past few years building up an immunity to bullets."
- Angus McGuire
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