Comment on Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle AcceleratorComments−voxadam3yWhat amazes me the most is that physicists managed to turn a ferret into a pig[0] and that they did it in 1971.[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigging−GuB-423yIn French, the wire-like tool used by plumbers to unclog pipes is called a furet (ferret). Although it is not the proper term, cable pullers, used by electricians to pull wires into ducts may also be called furet.Maybe a French physicist took the term literally.
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What amazes me the most is that physicists managed to turn a ferret into a pig[0] and that they did it in 1971.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigging
In French, the wire-like tool used by plumbers to unclog pipes is called a furet (ferret). Although it is not the proper term, cable pullers, used by electricians to pull wires into ducts may also be called furet.
Maybe a French physicist took the term literally.