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>The Jargon File also mentions that German hackers had in turn developed their own versions of the blinkenlights poster, in broken English:[1] ATTENTION
by fuzztester 2y ago
>The Jargon File also mentions that German hackers had in turn developed their own versions of the blinkenlights poster, in broken English:[1]
ATTENTION
This room is fullfilled mit special electronische equippment.
Fingergrabbing and pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is allowed for die experts only!
So all the "lefthanders" stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here working intelligencies.
Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked anderswhere!
Also: please keep still and only watchen astaunished the blinkenlights.
- wizzwizz4 2y agoI have never been able to track down what "cnoeppkes" is supposed to mean.
- kemitchell 2y agoКнопки (k-nope-key) is Russian for "buttons". Maybe related.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoThere are so many words in our language that are very clear loan-words from German!
- wongarsu 2y agoMy guess is "Knöpfchen" (German for "little button"). The "chen" suffix is difficult to pronounce for English speakers, so it's replaced by the word "keys" (as in the buttons of a keyboard)
- master-lincoln 2y ago> The "chen" suffix is difficult to pronounce for English speakers, so it's replaced by the word "keys" (as in the buttons of a keyboard) Not quite. The -ke ending here is just another regional variant of the diminutive. The s at the end is a colloquial plural form. So the transformation from German to this weird german-english would be: Knöpfe - Knöpfchen - Knöppkes - Cnoeppkes
- sandbach 2y agoAnother detail you didn't mention: knopp or knoppe is a Low German (northern German) variant of Standard German Knopf. That's where the pf--pp alternation arises.
- nkmnz 2y agoKnopp is actually common in southern German dialects as well, including palatinate and hessian. Using -ke for diminutives is common across Westphalia, especially the Munster region.
- Pet_Ant 2y agoThat's interesting because in Polish it is "ek" and my great-grand mother was part of the diaspora there before the war.
- bananasbandanas 2y agoDefinitely means buttons. Source: am German
- fuzztester 2y agoAlthough it is not needed, the first line of this article confirms that meaning: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Knopf https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Knopf And the article is interesting anyway.
- enasterosophes 2y agoKnob? https://www.etymonline.com/word/knob#etymonline_v_1916 https://www.etymonline.com/word/knob#etymonline_v_1916
- graemep 2y agoThat is funny (I do not know German but it still made me laugh) for exactly the same reason as the Blinkelights version - the similarities between German and English that make so many works almost recognisable.