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> La Vache qui rit, which you know as the Laughing Cow, the individually wrapped wedges of spreadable cheese from your childhood. Founded in 1921 by a French ve
by klooney 1y ago
> La Vache qui rit, which you know as the Laughing Cow, the individually wrapped wedges of spreadable cheese from your childhood. Founded in 1921 by a French veteran of the First World War, the company’s name is based on a pun on Wagner’s Valkyries and an anti-German slur.
Can someone explain the slur to an English speaker?
- mijoharas 1y agoSo, I was confused by this, looked it up a bit, and essentially think this is incorrect. The name "La Vache qui rit" is a pun, and comes from the name of a meat wagon in the war that was called "La Wachkyrie". It was mocking the German propensity to name things after Valkyrie's etc. I think it's incorrect to describe it as a slur however and think the author misspoke. In addition, I am very confused about this section of the article. At first I thought the article was saying that the subject Kojeve was the creator of the laughing cow and that was the connection. As it is, that doesn't seem to be the case, and I don't understand the relevance of this aside at all? Can someone explain it to me? EDIT reread that section and Kojeve invested all his money in the company. I was waiting for it to reoccur in the main text and forgot the details.