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Google mislays 'L' for LuuurvHappy Vaentine's from GoogePublished Wednesday 14th February 2007 14:52 GMT Updated Google has continued its tradition of offering themed logos on days of international import, and is currently sporting a Valentine's Day effort featuring a chocolate-dipped strawberry in place of the usual "g".
So, where is exactly is the "L" for "Luuuurv"?. We suppose it's possible that the strawberry's stem might represent the missing letter, but we're not convinced. For the record, a quick search on Googe for "Googe" offered the predictable: "Did you mean: Google?. Well, yes, actuay. ® BootnoteA big ta very much to all those readers who wrote in to express their dismay at Googe's careessness. Here's one correspondent's analysis of where the "l" actually lives. Hmmmm:
UpdateAnd now the word from the horse's mouth. One reader emailed Google to get to the bottom of this...
And the answer is...
So now you know. As one wag rather cheesily put it: "They can't have lost the L because that would make it a Noel logo." Suffice it to say, he's been banned from reading El Reg for a month. 9 comments posted — Comment period finished What's the Problem?Posted: 15:18 14th February 2007 Sod St Valentine's DayPosted: 16:06 14th February 2007 St Skeletor!?!Posted: 17:13 14th February 2007 It makes perfect sense according to the Urban DictionaryPosted: 17:19 14th February 2007 My Bloody ValentinePosted: 18:19 14th February 2007
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