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The original proposal was to call it beccapurple ( http://discourse.specifiction.org/t/name-663399-becca-purple... ). However, Eric Meyer asked for it to be rebeccapurple ( http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2014/06/19/rebeccapurple/ ).



"I have been made aware of the proposal to add the named color beccapurple (equivalent to #663399) to the CSS specification [...] I did set one condition: that if the proposal is accepted, the official name be rebeccapurple. A couple of weeks before she died, Rebecca informed us that she was about to be a big girl of six years old, and Becca was a baby name. Once she turned six, she wanted everyone (not just me) to call her Rebecca, not Becca.

She made it to six. For almost twelve hours, she was six. So Rebecca it is and must be."

I never thought a tweak note for a minor proposed CSS standard would make me cry this hard.


That text is so sad... I don't why I feel so close to that guy, maybe because I bought his books and I learned CSS thanks to him.




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