PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIs the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down18
arrow-up1235arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareCarlsIII@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·1 year agoNo, it’s named after the cereal
minus-squareNo_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoCompletely wrong as is clearly named after Google parent company Alphabet
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI googled alphabet and apparently google got alphabetted 8 years ago?
minus-squareNo_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThey had the disadvantage of not being able to read until then, but look how quick they’re moving now.
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.
No, it’s named after the cereal
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.