29 Jun
2009
29 Jun
'09
8:39 a.m.
On 6/29/09, Michael Lee <mikelee at tdh.com> wrote:
The www.chiclassiccomp.org website is back up.
Temporary server issue.
As for the name, it's just the acronym right?
SCAT - Suburban Chicago ATarians
> I'm sorry I know this is off topic, but why did the Atari group call
> themselves SCAT!?!
Besides the obvious modern dirty meaning of the word, there is
another. Chicago is known for its music, especially Blues. One
expression of Blues is singing strings of nonsense syllables (Ella
Fitzgerald, et al.) This style has been called "Scat" for decades.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scat_singing>
Because of the Internet, that meaning is probably not the first to come to mind.
-ethan