PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoIs the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down18
arrow-up1239arrow-down1message-squareIs the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareNo_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoCompletely wrong as is clearly named after Google parent company Alphabet
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI googled alphabet and apparently google got alphabetted 8 years ago?
minus-squareNo_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoThey had the disadvantage of not being able to read until then, but look how quick they’re moving now.
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYeah. Little known fact, they named their company after their original product, but struggled with how to turn in profit, so they created a Google subsidiary which invented a search engine. True story.
Completely wrong as is clearly named after Google parent company Alphabet
I googled alphabet and apparently google got alphabetted 8 years ago?
They had the disadvantage of not being able to read until then, but look how quick they’re moving now.
Yeah. Little known fact, they named their company after their original product, but struggled with how to turn in profit, so they created a Google subsidiary which invented a search engine. True story.