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[–] 1 point 3 years ago

No, you're correct. The software was named after the small rodent (lemming). One of the co-creators of lemmy talks about the name here: https://lemmy.ml/post/70319

It's just that "lemmy" sounds like you're saying "let me" quickly and not enunciating properly.

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