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stevenf: mind blown cf Pac-man was originally called ‘Puck-man’ because he is shaped like a puck. Erm, yes. The Japanese game designers decided to name him after an object in a sport they don’t play rather than after pakku-pakku, the Japanese word for the sound people make when they’re eating. Parsimony’s not always this easy, though. BrinRank?

stevenf:

mind blown

cf Pac-man was originally called ‘Puck-man’ because he is shaped like a puck. Erm, yes. The Japanese game designers decided to name him after an object in a sport they don’t play rather than after pakku-pakku, the Japanese word for the sound people make when they’re eating.

Parsimony’s not always this easy, though.

BrinRank?

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