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Why was the name changed from Nimrod to Nim? IMO Nimrod sounds better. Nim is the name of a game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim .

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Because in America, the name "Nimrod" is almost exclusively recognized as the epithet applied by Bugs Bunny to the hapless hunter Elmer Fudd, so the name of the language sounded risible to a lot of people: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8351773

Wow, didn't know that, thanks, though I'd read some Bugs Bunny comics as a kid.

What's up, Doc? :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_Up,_Doc%3F

Interesting. In the UK, the word Nimrod is recognised (if at all) as a piece of classical music by the British composer Edward Elgar (from his work Enigma Variations)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUgoBb8m1eE

There were also RAF Nimrod planes, IIRC.

Named after the ship Nimrod, that was Shackelton's ship for his 1908 South Pole attempt.

The Hawker Siddley Nimrods replaced the older Avro Shackeltons that were ultimately derivatives of the Lancaster.

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