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As someone who remembers very little of the German he took in college, I’d like to mention that I’m amused that a kettle is literally a “water cooker” (Wasserko
by pmiller2 6y ago
As someone who remembers very little of the German he took in college, I’d like to mention that I’m amused that a kettle is literally a “water cooker” (Wasserkocher) in German.
- nwellnhof 6y agokochen can mean to cook or to boil, so in this case water boiler is the literal translation.
- wolfretcrap 6y agoAccording to some accounts Germans were unintelligible barbarians who couldn't have known cooking other than boiling bones to create broth.