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Don't forget: gefingerpoken mittengraben springewerk blowenfusen poppencorcken spitzensparken

• VonGallifrey 1y ago
  None of those are actual German words. For some of them, I found references that these words could potentially be used in Pennsylvania, but most of these words are not even German, even when you split them into their components.
  • FiatLuxDave 1y ago
    The reference you were looking for is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights
    • VonGallifrey 1y ago
      From your link there: > written in a mangled form of German. If you show this to anyone who knows German, they will recognize that this was written by someone who doesn't.
      • marcusb 1y ago
        I believe the comment you replied to is what is known as a "joke".
        • VonGallifrey 1y ago
          Given that the commenter left another comment about having been misinformed, I don't think it was a Joke. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44008622 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44008622
          • marcusb 1y ago
            yeah, it was a joke and what you just linked to was sarcasm and/or mockery.
          • kevin_thibedeau 1y ago
            So the stereotype rings true then.
            • mrkstu 1y ago
              The one about German’s lacking a sense of humor?
              • janderson215 1y ago
                Ja
  • WalterBright 1y ago
    > None of those are actual German words I've been misinformed!
    • marcusb 1y ago
      It happens to the best of us!
      • WalterBright 1y ago
        I also went to Casablanca for the waters.
• bitwize 1y ago
  Please keep still and watchen astaunished the blinkenlights.
  • lisper 1y ago
    Das blinkenlights. ;-)
    • bitwize 1y ago
      That was actually from the faux English sign that German computer operators put in their facilities.
      • lisper 1y ago
        Heh. TIL.