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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ladydocllama on 2024-06-01 02:41:48+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the creator of Lululemon deliberately chose a name with multiple 'L’s to sound Western to Japanese buyers, who often have difficulty pronouncing the letter, and that the name otherwise “means nothing”.

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    6 months ago

    I also heard it was a decision deliberately based on racism.