Geeks of the Twelfth Century
Jan. 8th, 2011 12:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
4thofelevenFrom Wikipedia's entry on Abelard and Heloise:
"Héloïse became pregnant and was sent by Abélard to Brittany, where she gave birth to a son she named Astrolabe after the scientific instrument."
What would be the modern equivalent? Naming your kid "Large Hadron Collider" or something?