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For us Dutch people it is obvious why they would add an in-joke like an airplane at an airport near a town called "Kloten". Feels obligatory and rather mild rea
by Phemist 3y ago
For us Dutch people it is obvious why they would add an in-joke like an airplane at an airport near a town called "Kloten". Feels obligatory and rather mild really.
- pimlottc 3y agoCan you explain the joke for non-Dutch speakers?
- cjfd 3y agoIn Dutch the word 'kloten' means testicles. The word has some connotations too: it can be used when something unpleasant happened, written as 'klote!' in that case. In English one would say 'shit!' in that case. 'kloten' can also be a verb for doing something in an unskillful way.
- jollyllama 3y agoThe naked lady of Künten, from the original article, would appear to be as obvious a joke in English.
- barbazoo 3y agoOnly if you ignore the pronunciation of the Umlaut.
- spdustin 3y agoIn English, "balls!" is also used as a frustrated interjection.
- Phemist 3y agoDoing something in an unskillful way, but by accident as well as purposefully (so - messing around). In this case I was hinting towards the latter meaning.
- ben_w 3y agoThere's quite a few real places in Switzerland that sound equally salacious to an English speaker. For example, I've cycled through Frick: https://www.google.com/maps/place/5070+Frick,+Switzerland/@47.5079112,7.9916885,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x479047beab5a7631:0x9dd6a15ab7190100!8m2!3d47.5085197!4d8.0186727!16zL20vMGZ5dzVy?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/place/5070+Frick,+Switzerland/@4...