Names

Mark Henckel over at the Gazette has a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=2&display=rednews/2005/03/13/build/sports/50-henckel.inc" target="_new">humorous(?) take</a> on the current drought across the area. It kind of reminds me of Rodney Dangerfield's routine about getting no respect.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>But don't look for much empathy or even recognition from folks elsewhere in the country. They don't know our drought exists.<br />n<br />nCalifornia has been drowning in rainfall and is slowly slipping into the sea one mudslide at a time. Florida has been pasted with torrential, multiple hurricane rains and then sent that rainfall up the coast to New York.<br />n<br />nIf it's really wet in California, Florida and New York, there can't be a drought in Montana. Doesn't news only happen in California, Florida and New York?<br />n<br />nBut worst of all, our drought simply doesn't have a catchy name. </blockquote><br />n<br />nSo a catchy name will get us some respect, huh. Mark thinks "Dry2K" would be the name that brings on some respect. I don't know, I never was thrilled with the whole "2K" business on things, it sounds chessy.<br />n<br />nI personally like "THE BIG DRY." Pronounced just like that with all capital letters. Gets the point across very well. Any other suggestions out there?<br />n<br />n<b>Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit. Salman Rushdie</b>