PixelNomad@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoIs it possible to not know who a famous person is?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down140file-text
arrow-up1-32arrow-down1message-squareIs it possible to not know who a famous person is?PixelNomad@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·24 hours agoI have no idea, but I do know it’s spelled The Weeknd, for some reason. That’s pretty much all I know, though.
minus-squareKlear@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-223 hours ago for some reason Search engines. Same reason behind “Linkin Park”.
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoOr he could have just picked a more distinctive name.
minus-squarebus_factor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 hours agoSame reason it’s called “Blu-Ray” and not “Blue-Ray”. It’s much harder to trademark a normal word.
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 hours agoBut it also has the effect that I tend to read it as ‘the weakened’.
I have no idea, but I do know it’s spelled The Weeknd, for some reason. That’s pretty much all I know, though.
Search engines. Same reason behind “Linkin Park”.
Or he could have just picked a more distinctive name.
Same reason it’s called “Blu-Ray” and not “Blue-Ray”. It’s much harder to trademark a normal word.
But it also has the effect that I tend to read it as ‘the weakened’.