| ▲ | tempay 9 days ago |
| It’s also French for Beaver which is more likely the origin of the name. |
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| ▲ | rzzzt 9 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's also Latin and Greek for beaver which is more likely the origin of the name. |
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| ▲ | tempay 9 days ago | parent [-] | | Latin and Greek aren’t one of the working languages at CERN (French and English are) | | |
| ▲ | randiantech 8 days ago | parent [-] | | also spanish | | |
| ▲ | elashri 8 days ago | parent [-] | | I would say "Italian" :) | | |
| ▲ | pjmlp 8 days ago | parent [-] | | And Portuguese. :) And to keep this thread, I think our three languages should count as one, because at least 20 years ago, it was quite common to have Portuguese, Italian and Spanish mingle in several activities. Source, ATLAS TDAQ/HLT Alumni. | | |
| ▲ | elashri 8 days ago | parent [-] | | I was just commenting based on the cliche that Italians are everywhere at CERN. So you will always hear Italian language. | | |
| ▲ | pjmlp 8 days ago | parent [-] | | They are, that is how learnt Italian without much effort. :) |
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| ▲ | antonvs 8 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Castor oil makes you poop, maybe there’s a data management metaphor in there somewhere. |
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| ▲ | linksnapzz 8 days ago | parent [-] | | I imagine that an ancient roman would think "Oleum Castorum? It's either oil you get from rendering beavers, or oil you use to lube your beaver..." |
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