TIL ska originated in the 1950s and is the precursor to reggae (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 3 months ago

When I was a teen, I thought that ska was short for “skatepunk”

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[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Ah, I get you. I myself thought the HXC logo with the X in a circle (which stands for hardcore) was Cyrillic for "sound", or someone simply told me and I believed them.

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[-] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 1 points 3 months ago

Cyrillic isn't even a language

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