Re: [Harp-L] SPAH moniker

[Zack <zack.pomerleau@xxxxxxxxx>]

HARP: Harmonicists Are Real People

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 8:52 PM, <Philharpn@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think this is a nonissue looking for a problem. SPAH is SPAH. People who
> are too lazy or confused to spell it out as The Society for the
> Preservation
> and the Advancement of the Harmonica can continue to call it SPAH.
>
> I think it is unlikely that SPAH will become like AARP or KFC -- known by
> its initials only.
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> In a message dated 9/6/10 8:22:08 PM, mlefree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> writes:
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> >   HarpManSam pointed to a blog article in which he (I think it was he)
> > pointed out:
> >
> > "I belong to an organization called the Society for the Preservation and
> > Advancement of the Harmonica, or SPAH, <http://www.spah.org/> which I
> > think is an unfortunate acronym because it sounds like the name of an
> > alien life form from a Star Trek movie, or the sound someone might make
> > after taking a slug out of a can of beer that has been used as an ash
> > tray."
> >
> > I've been much too active on Harp-L lately so I've been trying to shut
> > up. But Sam really does have a point here. With all due respect to the
> > founders, SPAH should have a contest to rename itself, maybe here on
> > Harp-L. In the spirit of marketing the organization it would be
> > preferable to have it named something that you don't have to s_p_e_l_l
> > o_u_t, each and every time you try explain what the organization is. A
> > meaningful acronym or abbreviation would be easier to sell.
> >
> > "HarmonicasRUs" is probably taken, though... ;-)
> >
> > Michelle
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> >
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