Is NASA an anagram? :) Contest! :) Reply !

[RainmanTime]

Hey PB,

Santa A N A ' S (winds)

Satan A N A ' S

Actually, you can cut out at least one step in this derivation if you like. The reason is that it has always been a controversy of whether they are the "Santa Ana Winds" we experience out here in SoCal or whether they are the "Santana Winds". (No, not the group or guitar player). Many people maintain that those who call them "Santa Ana Winds" are incorrect, because their genesis comes from them being "devil winds", and they are not localized only to the city of Santa Ana or the Santa Ana Mountains.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds#Etymology

<font color="red"> According to the Los Angeles Almanac: "The original spelling of the name of the winds is unclear, not to mention the origin. The name "Santa Ana Winds" is said to be traced to Spanish California, when the winds were called devil winds due to their heat. Santa Ana winds may get their name from the Santa Ana Mountains in Orange County, the Santa Ana River or Santa Ana Canyon, along which the winds are particularly strong. The original form may have been Satanás winds, from the Spanish vientos de Satán ("winds of Satan"). Sanatanas is a rarer form of Satanás and is a translation of a native name in an unspecified language.[citation needed]

Dr. George Fischbeck was a widely viewed newscaster in Southern California in the 1970s and 1980s who incorrectly called the winds the "Santana winds", noting that they were not confined to Orange County (where Santa Ana is located), but occurred throughout Southern California. He delighted in the symbolism of the devil's breath playing havoc with Southern California.

A recent popular guide book Los Angeles A to Z (by Leonard &amp; Dale Pitt), credits the Santa Ana Canyon in Orange County as the origin of the name Santa Ana Winds. This might be supported by early accounts which attributed the Santa Ana River bed running through the canyon as the source of the winds. However, since the phenomenon occurs throughout Southern California and not just Orange County, this explanation is likely only a recent one.

One account places the origin of the term Santa Ana winds with an Associated Press correspondent stationed in Santa Ana who mistakenly began using Santa Ana winds instead of Santana winds in a 1901 dispatch.[/COLOR]

So, it really is up in the air (pardon the pun). I am sure with this controversy that CigMan could probably craft an exciting cornspiracy theory out of it! /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif
RMT

 

[Angleochoas]

N E A R I N G
A N O T H E R
S T R A N G E
A N O M A L Y

Interesting how each pair inside are related, was just having fun researching nonsense.

N EARIN G
A NOTHE R
S TRANG E
A NOMAL Y

EARIN = The name Earin has the following meaning: One who is from Ireland.
NOTHE = Nothe Fort is a fort in Weymouth, Dorset, England
TRANG = Trang Province (Trang used to be a port involved in foreign trade. It was the first city where rubber was planted)
NOMAL = Kashmir (A road from Nomal goes to 'The Silk Route' To China)

There's alot of more interesting associations I found, but those were without playing too much word jumble

Probably just alphabet soup for sure, but fun &amp; interesting.

 

[Packerbacker]

Dr. George Fischbeck was a widely viewed newscaster in Southern California in the 1970s and 1980s who incorrectly called the winds the "Santana winds", noting that they were not confined to Orange County (where Santa Ana is located), but occurred throughout Southern California. He delighted in the symbolism of the devil's breath playing havoc with Southern California.

I remember Dr. Fischbeck's interesting comments on TV. He made watching the weather interesting with his witty asides. /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Getting back to the original question, I believe Skeptisaurus's " NEED ANOTHER SEVEN ASTRONAUTS " is the accepted answer.

 

[Twighlight]

No..no....no....

NASA stands for No Ambition Since Apollo