The Week contest: Chimp chat
This week's question: Chimps have been observed in the wild carrying on brief conversations using hand gestures, exchanging up to seven consecutive signs for commands such as "stop it," or "groom me." If a tech firm were to design a WhatsApp-style messaging service for chatty primates, what name could it give the app?
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THE WINNER: "Ping Kong"
Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Connecticut
SECOND PLACE: "Zoo-m"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
THIRD PLACE: "OoooTube"
Michael Maggio, Galloway, New Jersey
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"HOWLR"
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
"PriMail"
Bill Mistele, New City, New York
"ApeX"
Andrea Carla Michaels, San Francisco, California
"The Apevine"
Skip Flanagan, Roseville, California
"FlingIt"
Rebecca Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"MicroChimp"
Patti Maxwell, Syracuse, New York
"ChimpanZoom"
Guy Rusiski, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Google Screech"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
"Ooh-ooh-ooh-App"
Karen Rutigliano, Plum, Pennsylvania
"Speak No Evil"
Kim Blanchard, Pelham, New York
"Banana Spiel"
Cindy Ludwig, Senoia, Georgia
"OranguTangle"
Chuck Gaston, Lititz, Pennsylvania
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