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I 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
by autoexec 3y ago
I 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.