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> Until now, it wasn’t even clear whether such a single shape, known as an einstein (from the German “ein stein” or “one stone”), could even exist. The actual
by ubj 4y ago
> Until now, it wasn’t even clear whether such a single shape, known as an einstein (from the German “ein stein” or “one stone”), could even exist.
The actual topic of the article was impressive, but this little fact about the meaning of "ein stein" was pretty interesting as well. TIL.
- chaxor 4y agoUseful to remember when someone says you're 'dumb as a rock'
- wussboy 4y agoI suppose you'd need to respond with, "Which rock? Specifically."
- wongarsu 4y agoThen you might also like Spielberg being German for "play mountain" or "game mountain", Adelson being German for "son of nobility" (though the son ending is more common in Nordic countries, the meaning is likely the same), Zuckerberg being German for "sugar mountain", Rosenberg being German for "rose mountain" or Friedman being old German for "peaceful man" or "protecting man".
- xdennis 4y agoAlso, it's pronounced neither "steen" nor "stayn", but "shtayn" or /ʃtaɪn/ in IPA. (I was once hearing someone talk about privacy and how people like Tsucabuc are destroying it. I never heard about him but apparently he is one of the owners of a large social media company. Then he mentioned Facebook and I realized he was pronouncing Zuckerberg in German.)