Elon Musk and Grimes Welcome Baby ‘X Æ A-12’ And Nobody Can Tell If They’re Serious
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the birth of his son on Monday and later revealed his name is “X Æ A-12 Musk,” confusing followers who are still not sure if Musk is being serious, cryptic, or just messing with them.
Musk replied to one of his Twitter followers on Monday to announce girlfriend and popstar Grimes was in labor, later adding, “Mom & baby all good.”
Mom & baby all good
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020
When asked what the baby’s name is, Musk replied with a mysterious, “X Æ A-12 Musk.”
X Æ A-12 Musk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020
He then liked a tweet from a follower who attempted to decipher the code, guessing, “X Ash Archangel?”
X Ash Archangel? pic.twitter.com/cRhNptBiU7
— Viv ? (@flcnhvy) May 5, 2020
The tweet suggests the name could be written using the Scandinavian alphabet, in which Æ is pronounced “ash.” The tweet also links “A-12” to CIA aircraft Lockheed A-12, which is code-named “Archangel”.
Musk’s name choice gained attention on Twitter and has been trending all morning, many poking fun at how the name should be pronounced:
We must get to the bottom of how to pronounce X Æ A-12 if only to know how to shoehorn it into “We Didn’t Start The Fire” parody tweets
— Erik Adams (@ErikMAdams) May 5, 2020
cat on keyboard Elon Musk’s baby
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X Æ A-12— Katie Rayford (@katie_rayford) May 5, 2020
In about 16 years, some Starbucks barista is going to drop his Sharpie and tell X Æ A-12 to make his own damn coffee.
— Eric Adelson (@eric_adelson) May 5, 2020
Some of you are already thinking over your X Æ A-12 costumes for Halloween, I can just feel it.
— Daniel Summers, MD (@WFKARS) May 5, 2020
a grimes e o elon musk falando com X Æ A-12
— paiva (@LwithP) May 5, 2020
“Please, X Æ A-12 is my father’s name”
— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) May 5, 2020
X Æ A-12 Musk has occupied Earth https://t.co/8wK1J8cnFn pic.twitter.com/63qPZEzi7f
— Jezebel (@Jezebel) May 5, 2020
imagine you’re a little baby named X Æ A-12
you were just born into this insane world
you open your little eyes for the very first time
and you look up to discover you’re the only child of elon musk and grimes
— Daniel Bostic (@debostic) May 5, 2020
Congratulations to X Æ A-12, the first child to be named by a barista trying to write ‘Dave’.
— Pundamentalism (@Pundamentalism) May 5, 2020
Lost a bet that Grimes and Elon Musk would call their child either Internet or E-Boy/Girl
— X Æ A-12 Edwards-Boucher-Musk (@_JOSHEDWARDS_) May 5, 2020
Elon Musk and Grimes’ child after growing up with the name X Æ A-12 @chloefineman pic.twitter.com/0tJILcTsdn
— Jackson Rickun (@JacksonRickun) May 5, 2020
A X H Æ A-12 a chara,
“Céard é d’ainm i nGaeilge?!?” pic.twitter.com/BfcJ7YQBpj— TG4TV (@TG4TV) May 5, 2020
X Æ A-12 stands for X-ray American Eagle Aardvark-1234567890
— #1 samir (@samir) May 5, 2020
Yesterday morning…@veronica: Grimes and Elon Musk’s kid is going to have such a weird life.
Hours later…
Grimes and Elon Musk: We are literally naming our child X Æ A-12.— Ryan Block (@ryan) May 5, 2020
Elon Musk and Grimes named their new baby boy X Æ A-12. They’ll share a picture once he stops buffering.
— 22Minutes (@22_Minutes) May 5, 2020
Grimes and Elon Musk are parents to *checks notes* X Æ A-12 https://t.co/qktzQ7vC6S
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 5, 2020
Teacher: Is….
Teacher: *sees X Æ A-12*
Teacher: Elon Musk’s kid here?— rachel leishman (@RachelLeishman) May 5, 2020
[To the tune of Serge Gainsbourg’s “Elaeudanla Téïtéïa”] X Æ A-12
— David Rudin (@DavidSRudin) May 5, 2020
77 + 33 = X Æ A-12
— #1 samir (@samir) May 5, 2020
That poor sweet summer X Æ A-12
— Joe Lamour ???️? (@lamour) May 5, 2020
