10th February 2006, 1:19 PM
I might point out this. This may just be a myth, but I heard from this guy who heard from some guy on the radio that George was originally going to be named "Fifi", but American executives pointed out a male monkey named "Fifi" just wasn't going to fly over here.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)