[Harp-L] re: SPAH moniker

[John Frazer <harmonicajohns@xxxxxxx>]

Harmonica Education Respect Professional Enthusiasts Society- or HERPES


On 9/7/10 2:58 AM, "harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:19:52 -0600
> From: Michelle LeFree <mlefree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] SPAH moniker
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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