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Well that's cool. Does the name stand for something?
by yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
Well that's cool. Does the name stand for something?
- shikaan 2y agoThe -le suffix is used in south of Germany for the small version of something. So OSle stands for small OS. I'm not a native speaker, so maybe somebody else can paint a better picture. I used it just because part of my extended family comes from there (: EDIT: s/prefix/suffix/
- unwind 2y ago*suffix. A prefix goes before something.
- shikaan 2y agoIndeed. Thanks for the correction; I edited the original message
- evertedsphere 2y agoas seen also in Spätzle, Müsli, or, to pick something more relevant on HN, the words Brötli (or Zöpfli) -li is a different version of the same ending
- lloeki 2y agoI live in Alsace, which is in France but has a German-like dialect (Alemannic) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsatian_dialect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsatian_dialect -ele is used a lot to denote something small, cute, adorable; maybe think of it as kind of like ちび (chibi) or -ちゃん (-chan) in Japanese. Mann (man) => Mannele https://cookingwithbrendagantt.net/mannele-st-nicholas-bread/ https://cookingwithbrendagantt.net/mannele-st-nicholas-bread... Katz (cat) => katzele (kitty) The suffix can be liberally (ab)used with any - native or foreign - word or (sur)name to emphatic or comedic effect. Here I kinda guessed the -le use was such but around here I would have said "OSele" (oh-ess-uh-luh)
- ninalanyon 2y agoSimilar in English, the ie suffix is used to create a diminutive. Sweet -> sweetie. You can make cute cuter by saying cutie.