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
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
Yeah and where does the grad come from. Not from grad school right?
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.