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Wife (2025-01-27) (discuss.online)
submitted 10 months ago by m_f@discuss.online to c/smbc@midwest.social

http://smbc-comics.com/comic/wife

Alt textIn devastating news, I was informed by patreon subscribers after this comic was complete that there is a Dutch town named Winkle, permitting a Winkle Winkle-Winkle Winkel Winkle Winkel Winkel.

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[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 15 points 10 months ago

"Winkel" doesn't mean "corner" in German, but "angle".

[-] copygirl 13 points 10 months ago

You're wrong. It does also mean corner.

[-] m_f@discuss.online 9 points 10 months ago

I don't speak enough German to know, but here's what Wiktionary says:

  • (geometry) angle (measure, figure)
  • corner, nook
  • chevron
[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 14 points 10 months ago

It kind o# used to mean corner (as in nook), but no one uses theterm like that anymore. That's why I wrote my first comment: I forgot that it's an old term for nook.

[-] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 1 points 10 months ago

It highly depends on where in Germany. The rural areas still use similar terms.

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

I am from a rural area in Germany. 😅

[-] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago

¯_(ツ)_/¯ in this case you know that there's more than one rural area in Germany. And at least in the south nearly each village has their own language ("Baureslang").

Winkel is not new to me but the related word "Eck'" is way more common in my area.

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