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03-21-2016, 06:42 PM
Boaty McSadface: British vessel may **t get the name the public wants
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LONDON — For anyone who's been following the *#NameOurShip (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NameOurShip&src=tyah) competition, we have a troubling update: Boaty McBoatface, the name suggestion that's received the lion's share of public support, may **t actually end up being chosen, even if it does come top of the poll.
SEE ALSO: UK asks for boat name, Internet overwhelmingly responds: Boaty McBoatface (http://mashable.com/2016/03/20/boaty-mcboatface/)
The whole brilliant saga started last week, when the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) kicked off an online competition for the public to vote for the name their new polar research ship.*
Flash forward to a day later, and this was how the leaderboard looked: Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/21/boaty-mcboatface-competition/)
More about Competition (http://mashable.com/category/competition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Boat (http://mashable.com/category/boat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Ship (http://mashable.com/category/ship/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Boaty Mcboatface (http://mashable.com/category/boaty-mcboatface/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Uk (http://mashable.com/category/uk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1458575253 (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1458575253)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/VB7dfEgj1pI
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LONDON — For anyone who's been following the *#NameOurShip (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NameOurShip&src=tyah) competition, we have a troubling update: Boaty McBoatface, the name suggestion that's received the lion's share of public support, may **t actually end up being chosen, even if it does come top of the poll.
SEE ALSO: UK asks for boat name, Internet overwhelmingly responds: Boaty McBoatface (http://mashable.com/2016/03/20/boaty-mcboatface/)
The whole brilliant saga started last week, when the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) kicked off an online competition for the public to vote for the name their new polar research ship.*
Flash forward to a day later, and this was how the leaderboard looked: Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/21/boaty-mcboatface-competition/)
More about Competition (http://mashable.com/category/competition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Boat (http://mashable.com/category/boat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Ship (http://mashable.com/category/ship/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Boaty Mcboatface (http://mashable.com/category/boaty-mcboatface/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Uk (http://mashable.com/category/uk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1458575253 (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1458575253)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/VB7dfEgj1pI