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by squarecat 4993 days ago
Another victim is seduced by a leading "The", causing any attempt to reference this publication to become a tragedy of grammar.
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jeffehobbs 4993 days ago
Look, man. Unique naming is hard in the Age of Google. And it could be worse, it could be "the.magazi.ne".
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mikeash 4993 days ago
Unique naming is easy. For example, he could have called it "D12792B3-4D86-4E84-8B3C-13DBA7593282". Coming up with unique names that are also useful and good is perhaps somewhat harder.
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shortformblog 4993 days ago
The Strokes, The Walkmen and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs would like to have a word with you.
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re_todd 4993 days ago
And especially "The The".
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cag_ii 4993 days ago
The Who?
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regomodo 4993 days ago
The Beatles?
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89a 4993 days ago
They're not called "The Band" though are they
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georgemcbay 4993 days ago
No, but "The Band" was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band

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