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Old 06-30-2022, 07:48 AM   #1
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patreon?


Become a Slackware "Patreon," https://www.patreon.com/slackwarelinux;
Should it not be <patron>?I did not find the word <patreon> in Merriam Webster.

Not trolling, just been bugging me for a while,thanks a million for your steady contributions Cwizardone.
 
Old 06-30-2022, 08:16 AM   #2
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Probably the name of site <patreon> is a portmanteau word for "Patrons Pantheon"

Feel free to contact the owners of patreon.com to ask for details and tell them about Merriam Webster, because I doubt that Mr. Volkerding has a saying in the naming of that site. It's not his site.

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Old 06-30-2022, 08:37 AM   #3
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Unhappy oups!!

Thanks for the reply, i just got hooked on the word itself, i did not notice it was the name of the site
My mistake,
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