← Back to context Comment by orangedog 15 hours ago It's just "The Wiener Slinger" in psuedo-German. The article mentions its origins. 3 comments orangedog Reply Taikonerd 12 hours ago Yeah, it's jokey pseudo-German, like the old 1950s hacker meme about Der Blinkenlights [0].[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights unwind 14 hours ago It's weird to people familiar with real German, since 'V' in German is pronounced like 'F' in English.It's like they took a word already from German ("wiener" as in hot dog) and then broke it while trying to make it more German, or something.
Taikonerd 12 hours ago Yeah, it's jokey pseudo-German, like the old 1950s hacker meme about Der Blinkenlights [0].[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights
unwind 14 hours ago It's weird to people familiar with real German, since 'V' in German is pronounced like 'F' in English.It's like they took a word already from German ("wiener" as in hot dog) and then broke it while trying to make it more German, or something.
Yeah, it's jokey pseudo-German, like the old 1950s hacker meme about Der Blinkenlights [0].
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights
It's weird to people familiar with real German, since 'V' in German is pronounced like 'F' in English.
It's like they took a word already from German ("wiener" as in hot dog) and then broke it while trying to make it more German, or something.