• Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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    20 days ago

    Rudolph Schenkel (yes really)

    What? What is weird about that name? Maybe I’m too German native speaker to get this.

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      20 days ago

      Schenkel translates to “deer fucker” in german, I dunno I’m just making this up

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      20 days ago

      I think probably you’re too German. It’s kind of a goofy name from an English point of view. And, for clarity, we don’t necessarily generally think German names are particularly goofy.

      Either that or I’m missing what the guy is referencing.

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        19 days ago

        Thanks for your perspective.

        For a moment I was wondering if it’s the similarity to the Israeli currency Shekel, but that doesn’t make sense to me either.

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          19 days ago

          Shekel also sounds funny to us. It might be related to how it sounds kinda similar to shekel, but I think he’s just noting that the goofy-sounding name is real.

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      19 days ago

      I was thinking maybe because of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, being kind of the alpha of the reindeer herd? No idea, really