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Not at all uncommon. The dialect of Brussels has something similar: “schroumpf”. This word has become famous the world over, albeit in translation. You likely k
by mtts 7y ago
Not at all uncommon. The dialect of Brussels has something similar: “schroumpf”. This word has become famous the world over, albeit in translation. You likely know it as “smurf”.
- duckqlz 7y agoI was unaware the smurfs lived in Brussels. From Wikipedia: > The word “smurf” is the original Dutch translation of the French "schtroumpf", which, according to Peyo, is a word he invented during a meal with fellow cartoonist André Franquin when he could not remember the word salt.
- jhoechtl 7y agoPhonetically for a german the word schtroumpf has a striking similarity to the german word Strumpf which means stocking
- mtts 7y agoExactly, but from what I remember reading somewhere - but can’t of course now find a source for - it wasn’t so much that he invented the word but that he decided to use it for his comic characters. The word was in common use at the time - and, in fact, it was Franquin that used it on that occasion, not Peyo.
- jvanloov 7y agoFlemish: "dinges"/"dingske"
- efdee 7y agoIt's not as much a part of the Brussels dialect as it is from the Smurfs cartoon, which originated in Belgium. These smurfing smurfs smurf it a bit too smurf though.