Elon Musk Shares Image Of ‘light Reading’ With Baby X; Here’s What They’re Up To
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on July 15 shared an image of his son X Æ A-Xii along with a book showing “beginning of A-12” article. While the post was captioned “some light reading with lil X,” A-12 is an aircraft produced from 1962 to 1964 and flew from 1963 to 1968. Musk termed reading about the aircraft as “light” but it was the precursor to the twin-seat United States Air Force YF-12 prototype interceptor, M-21 launcher for the D-21 drone and the SR-71 Blackbird.
Notably, while explaining the reason behind naming his child with partner Grimes ‘X Æ A-Xii’, Musk termed ‘A-12’ as the “coolest plane ever” and hence, included the same in the name. Responding to a question asked about his son’s name on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’, Musk said, “First of all, my partner’s the one that mostly came up with the name. I mean it’s just X, the letter X, and the ‘Æ’ is pronounced, ‘Ash,’ and then, A-12 is my contribution.” He then elaborated that ‘A-12’ stood for “Archangel 12, the precursor to the SR-71, coolest plane ever.”
Some light reading with lil X pic.twitter.com/MHj4gtyPdo — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 14, 2021
X Æ A-Xii Musk and his unique name
X Æ A-Xii Musk was born on May 4, 2020, with Tesla CEO and Grimes as his parents. Shortly after the birth when the couple announced the unique name, it caused a wave of speculation over pronunciation and it is a joke. However, the couple has repeatedly clarified that their child is in fact named, X Æ A-Xii. Initially, the newborn was named X Æ A-X but in California, where the couple lives, names can only use the 26 alphabetical characters of the English language.
The Canadian musician, Grimes whose real name is Claire Elise Boucher, has separately also broken down the meaning of her baby boy. “X” stands for the “unknown variable.” Followed by “Æ” which is the Elven spelling of AI meaning “artificial intelligence” and the word for “love” in several languages such as Japanese.
Then she added, “A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favourite aircraft). No weapons, no defences, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent.” The “A” in the name, said Grimes, represents “Archangel” which is her favourite song. Responding to a query on Instagram about pronunciation, she said, “It’s just X, like the letter X. Then A.I. Like how you said the letter A then I.”
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Elon Musk Enjoys ‘some Light Reading’ With Son X Æ A-XII; See Photo
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on July 15 graced Twitter with an adorable picture of his son X Æ A-XII, which has prompted people to share wonderful comments. Musk welcomed his first child with Candian singer Grimes on May 5 last year. In the past week, he has been busy with appearing in court in the SolarCity trial and meeting Richard Branson before his space flight, however, the Tesla chief did manage to take time out for some “light reading” with his son.
While taking to the social media platform, Musk shared a picture of his one-year-old son “reading” a book on airplanes. In the image, one can see that the book is open to a page dedicated to Lockheed A-12 - the airplane that served as an inspiration for the toddler’s unique name. It also shows Musk’s son, dressed in a tee and pants, while crawling over the book.
Some light reading with lil X pic.twitter.com/MHj4gtyPdo — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 14, 2021
Netizens suggest Musk to take his son to Air Force Museum
Since shared, the post has garnered over 116,000 likes and thousands of comments. Musk even replied to some of the users, while Aerospace company Lockheed Martin suggested some further reading for the one-year-old to explore. It is worth noting that Grimes had previously revealed that her son’s name is a tribute to the Lockheed A-12, a precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird.
Great choice — here’s more reading for X to explore: https://t.co/lU7hrNykMm — Lockheed Martin (@LockheedMartin) July 15, 2021
Meanwhile, others said, “He will be reading entire physics textbooks by the time he is 5”. Another added, “Like this post”. “Does he know his dad is superman?” shared a third.
does lilx already have its space suit for mars ? @DaddyDOGEtoken — CryptoFurie (@CRYPTO_FURIE) July 14, 2021
Take him to the Intrepid museum in NYC! I just recently went and saw the A-12. It’s awesome ✈️ pic.twitter.com/bOL3zhAOyB — Melanie♻️ (@melaniemadri) July 14, 2021
While explaining the reason behind naming his child with partner Grimes ‘X Æ A-Xii’, Musk termed ‘A-12’ as the “coolest plane ever” and hence, included the same in the name. Responding to a question asked about his son’s name on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’, Musk said, “First of all, my partner’s the one that mostly came up with the name. I mean it’s just X, the letter X, and the ‘Æ’ is pronounced, ‘Ash,’ and then, A-12 is my contribution.” He then elaborated that ‘A-12’ stood for “Archangel 12, the precursor to the SR-71, coolest plane ever”.
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X Æ A-XII: Here’s how to pronounce Elon Musk’s baby name
Washington: Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk welcomed his first child with partner and Canadian singer Grimes on May 4, 2020. The celebrity couple named their baby ‘X Æ A-12’.
Ever since Elon Musk announced his baby’s name, it has been one of the most talked about topics on social media. Twitterati started questioning about the confusing and controversial name. “How on Earth do you pronounce “X Æ A-12?” The internet had asked after the billionaire entrepreneur.
X Æ A-12 Musk — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020
In an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan last year, Elon Musk spoke about his son’s unique name and said, “So, X is just the letter X, Æ is pronounced as Ash. And, A-12 is my contribution and it is just pronounced as A-12.”
Therefore, the final pronunciation of the name is, “X Ash A Twelve.”
He also mentioned that it was his girlfriend and Canadian singer, Grimes who came up with the name. However, A-12 was his contribution and it stands for Archangel 12, which is an aircraft.
After welcoming her son, Grimes took to Twitter to explain the entire meaning of the name, two days after the baby was born. She wrote, “X, the unknown variable. Æ, my elven spelling of Ai (love &/or Artificial intelligence). A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favourite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent + (A=Archangel, my favorite song) (metal rat).”
https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1257836061520101377
Later, the celebrity couple made a slight change in the numeral part of the name, which is now written in the Roman format as ‘X AE A-XII’.
Elon Musk and Grimes have been dating since about May 2018, when they made their debut as a couple at the Met Gala. Musk also has five other sons with his first wife, Justine.