from the lemmy git repository:
Why's it called Lemmy?
- Lead singer from Motörhead.
- The old school video game.
- The Koopa from Super Mario.
- The furry rodents.
Lemmygrad is a pun off of Leningrad because it's a communist instance
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Interesting, I thought Lemmy was started by ML or MLM socialist devs and assumed it was also a play on the abbreviation: ML/MLM -> mel/melem? -> lemmy
it was started by at least one ML dev (dessalines), but the etymology seems to be unrelated
Yeah and where does the grad come from. Not from grad school right?
Leningrad
Stalingrad
From back in the day when there was still hope
Ohhhhhh that makes more sense
I'm the same person this is just my alt
Imagine naming a city "Washington" :disgost:
Is grad Russian for town?
If you trust gpt4 enough then it answered yes:
The suffix "grad" in Russian city names like "Leningrad" and "Stalingrad" comes from the Old East Slavic word "градъ" (grad) which means "city" or "town." In the modern Russian language, "город" (gorod) is the term for "city." The use of "grad" in city names is a historical and traditional feature.
So it's basically the same as English -ton. Lemmyton doesn't have the same ring to it though
Lemmyville
So basically the same as Danish -by
it is a pun on Leningrad (City of Lenin) because is a communist instance
I think it is "city" in russian, like in Leningrad.