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The US is so bad at naming things! A Serpentine Wall sounds better than a Worm Fence or Snake Fence. Crinkle Crankle Wall is a bit more fun than ZigZag Fence.
by autoexec 3y ago
The US is so bad at naming things!
A Serpentine Wall sounds better than a Worm Fence or Snake Fence.
Crinkle Crankle Wall is a bit more fun than ZigZag Fence.
A Ribbon Wall seems like a nice thing to have on your property vs a Battlefield Fence.
- NavinF 3y agoI'd much rather have a Battlefield Wall on my property in the US than a Ribbon Wall or Crinkle Crankle Wall. The latter two sound ridiculous. I really like "Serpentine Wall", but it sounds a little too technical for everyday conversation with nontechnical people
- autoexec 3y agoI suppose it's subjective but Crinkle Crankle is better because it sounds so ridiculous. Ribbon Wall doesn't sound any more ridiculous than same-shaped Ribbon Candy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_candy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_candy) or Ribbon Cables (https://www.fxpstore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ribbon-wire-6-core-500x500-1.jpg https://www.fxpstore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ribbon-w...), and ribbons don't call to mind atrocities or human suffering. Battlefields are terrible places where horrific things happen. That's not something I'd want associated with my own property.
- hfivivfub 3y agoThe value in this is the historical dimension. Apparently, "crinkle-crankle" dates to 1598. So it's a pre-US term. I agree that it's not a good look to automatically prefer the military term to the "ridiculous" one. It smacks of toxic masculinity. "Crinkle-crankle" is obviously archaic, and it evokes folk art and (in the US) colonial culture. That is fairly neutral, as placenames go.
- ChainOfFools 3y agoCrinkle crinkle wall has to be the most British sounding britishism ever. Like something that would have been a subject of serious research at the Ministry of Silly Walls.
- fsckboy 3y ago> The latter two sound ridiculous. I really like "Serpentine Wall", but it sounds a little too technical for everyday conversation with nontechnical people ribbon sounds ridiculous and serpentine sounds technical? you are not a boomer. "Serpentine, Shel, serpentine!" -- Peter Falk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2_w-QCWpS0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2_w-QCWpS0 Alan Arkin just died recently, RIP
- victorbstan 3y agoIt doesn’t sound technical at all. It sounds like you’ve read a book or two beyond the abc and cat in the hat. But then, US education.
- benj111 3y agoThis is a perfect summation of the differences between USians and British. You want a BATTLEFIELD wall. I want a Crinkle Crankle
- comfypotato 3y agoThis is because you lost the Revolution.
- benj111 3y agoWhy is it referred to as a revolution? A revolution tends to refer to the overthrow of a govt within a single nations border, whereas one country splitting from another tends to be referred to independence. I don't really see the cause and effect either. Surely the USs love of FORTRESS walls would be a reason they won? Anyway, you say lost. I say we got rid of the tea wasters. Sounds like a win to me.
- dang 3y agoPlease avoid nationalistic flamebait on HN. It leads to nationalistic flamewars, which we're eager to avoid - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. I realize some of this is lighthearted banter but sadly Mr. Internet can't really do that for very long.
- benj111 3y agoI wouldn't say it's flame bait. It just seemed to me a very good example of '2 nations divided by a common language' But I'm more a celebrate the differences kind of guy. But point taken about the internet being the internet.
- dang 3y agoAs the janitor who has to put out these fires (mixed metaphor, but accurate) I promise you it's flamebait. That's a question of statistical outcomes, not personal taste. It would be nice if it were otherwise but for that you need a much smaller and more cohesive group. Large internet forums can't work that way - the long tail is too big, and there's always a supply of triggerable commenters.
- mcpackieh 3y agoThat's just like, your opinion man. Worm is a cool word. Maybe we can compromise and call it a wyrm fence.
- oxygen_crisis 3y agoA worm fence sounds like it should be a couple inches tall and several feet deep, to block the worms.
- autoexec 3y agoWyrm fence is a great name! I'd use one to keep my hoard of treasure safe
- imilk 3y agoSounds like the name of a startup thats going to put fence contractors out of business in a few years before getting sued for not classifying their workers as employees.
- wrp 3y agoWyrm = dragon. Wyrmwall/fence would actually be a cool name.
- jrockway 3y agoI'd've called it a chazzwozzer.
- version_five 3y agoThey're in the lorry and the larder and...
- TMWNN 3y agohttps://imgur.com/EFGnF https://imgur.com/EFGnF
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- benj111 3y agoThats because you're Australian. Although yours are probably highly venomous too.
- Infernal 3y agoI grew up around these fences and never heard them called anything but a split-rail fence. Seems apt.