The Fredösphere

I'm not angry, I'm hurt.  The Washington Post ran an entire article on the exotic appeal of the name "Fred" without once mentioning this website.  Instead, they focused on some bozo politician from some state nobody ever even heard of, a guy with a last name of "Thompson."  Ridiculous.

The phonetics of the name seem integral to its image problem: On Urbandictionary.com, a "Fred" is defined as "a person who does stupid, annoying, or idiotic things" (Fred Flintstone, Fred Mertz). The best-case descriptors a Fred can hope for are terms like well-intentioned, predictable, benign (Fred Rogers).

If you ignore the confusing typos (I think "image problem" should read "image advantage," for example) you are still faced with the big question that goes begging:  what famous Fred is the most sublime, butt-kickingly bestest choral music blogger on the planet?  >Sigh.<  The news blackout continues.

There's a hint the author wanted to mention me, but could not.  She used the neologism "fredophile" but stopped short of mentioning "sphere" and, of course, the diacritic is missing.  I suspect tampering on the part of upper management.

Also:  Ann Althouse reacts to the article.

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