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Eddie, man, go focanuba yourself. But, please, don't go foc a nuba.

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2021-04-05 14:58 Andrew Rambaut open

Hey Eddie - I have asked to pull my name off that daft WHO variant nomenclature paper. I am not going to be callingB.1.351 'Focanuba' any time soon... [shared file(s): image.png]
2021-04-05 15:01 Edward C. Holmes open

Shit. I didn't even read it. The last draft I saw never had this stuff in. Is this a joke?
2021-04-05 15:06 Edward C. Holmes open

Who devised this? Did Oli agree?
2021-04-05 15:11 Andrew Rambaut open

This is Jens Kuhn's handywork I think.
2021-04-05 15:12 Kristian G. Andersen

Eddie, man, go focanuba yourself. But, please, don't go foc a nuba.
2021-04-05 15:14 Robert F. Garry open

You right - it be some sorta Creole language. Alcanopa - I can't open [my mouth]. Focaunba - Fock -a - u brain [out].Pomanycus - the po' man y cus all da time!
2021-04-05 15:15 Robert F. Garry open

@Kristian Andersen Does this ave anything to do with toasters? Just asking for a friend.
2021-04-05 15:16 Kristian G. Andersen open

@Kristian Andersen Not sure. But I hear it requires you to go down under.
2021-04-05 15:18 Robert F. Garry open

@Kristian Andersen Northern Territory I presume.