Aniki@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 days agois it called a nickname because of people named nick or because nick named people?message-squaremessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1100file-text
arrow-up1100message-squareis it called a nickname because of people named nick or because nick named people?Aniki@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareinlandempire@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 days agofunny that we went full circle with “aka”
minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 days agoA.K.A. is an initialism for “also known as”. No relation.
minus-squareinlandempire@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-210 days agoyeah i mean i just thought it was funny that people used eke name before, to mean “another name” and now we use aka to mean “also known as”
minus-squareLeviathan@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoCrazy that I got this without trying.
funny that we went full circle with “aka”
A.K.A. is an initialism for “also known as”. No relation.
yeah i mean i just thought it was funny that people used
eke namebefore, to mean “another name” and now we useakato mean “also known as”Fair enough.
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Crazy that I got this without trying.