ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhy the names of (real world, not made-up) video games and other media are usually changed when used in fiction?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up119file-text
arrow-up119message-squareWhy the names of (real world, not made-up) video games and other media are usually changed when used in fiction?ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
Why the names of (real world, not made-up) video games and other media are usually changed when used in fiction?
minus-squareburgersc12@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 days agoWcDonalds is probably one of the most well known examples of changing a real name to one that is fictional, since McDonalds made it part of their bag for a few months.
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 days agoThey were not wrong: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wc abbreviation for water closet: a toilet, or a room containing a toile
WcDonalds is probably one of the most well known examples of changing a real name to one that is fictional, since McDonalds made it part of their bag for a few months.![](https://linux.community/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fim-obsessed-w-the-wcdonalds-bags-v0-tuu5osdql1kc1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Da41f3093a82fa81e80450c8fbef4f465913de63c)
They were not wrong:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wc