endeavour@lemmy.worldM to Sbubby@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoReddit is not so fun anymore, RIP RIFlemmy.worldimagemessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down12
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minus-squareSSTF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago“LNR (LNR Not Reddit)” Is that too obscure of a joke?
minus-squareSota4077@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoNo it’s not, haha. When they had to change their name and I read the reason why that was probably one of the first times where I sat there thinking “Hmm. The admins of Reddit might be goddam idiots.”
minus-squareArmok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf you went with one more letter you could have LINR (LINR Is Not Reddit), which while being a weaker reference is actually pronouncable as a word.
minus-squareLaplacian@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHow would we pronounce LNR? Doesn’t roll off the tongue like GNU does :(
minus-squarescraithe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoLike Eleanor? That’s how it sounded when I read it anyway.
minus-squarerDrDr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI still don’t know how to pronounce GNU.
“LNR (LNR Not Reddit)”
Is that too obscure of a joke?
No it’s not, haha. When they had to change their name and I read the reason why that was probably one of the first times where I sat there thinking “Hmm. The admins of Reddit might be goddam idiots.”
If you went with one more letter you could have LINR (LINR Is Not Reddit), which while being a weaker reference is actually pronouncable as a word.
How would we pronounce LNR? Doesn’t roll off the tongue like GNU does :(
Like Eleanor? That’s how it sounded when I read it anyway.
I still don’t know how to pronounce GNU.