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blamazon | karma 4863 | avg karma 5.3 · 2022-03-13 16:59:57

Can we just admire for a moment that the person who made Wordle is named Josh Wardle. That's amazing.

jachee | karma 1523 | avg karma 1.56 · 2022-03-13 17:03:14

Yeah, he named it after himself. It’s really not a coincidence. :)

indigodaddy | karma 9732 | avg karma 3.32 · 2022-03-13 18:16:53

I think it’s more about the fact that a dude who loves words and is a great programmer made this great word game, and happened to be conveniently named Wardle, in order for this nice little pun on his name to incur…

booleandilemma | karma 6429 | avg karma 3.09 · 2022-03-13 17:07:51

And Lou Gehrig got Lou Gehrig's disease, what are the chances?

progman32 | karma 1400 | avg karma 3.12 · 2022-03-13 18:24:20

What's next in the world of software naming, an entire OS named after the author? What are the odds? :-)

Aside: bring back credit screens in software!

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TMWNN | karma 2501 | avg karma 0.91 · 2022-03-14 03:11:40

>Can we just admire for a moment that the person who made Wordle is named Josh Wardle. That's amazing.

The southernmost bridge in NYC and New York State is Outerbridge Crossing (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outerbridge_Crossing>). Read up on how it was named.

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