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So, 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 mea
by mijoharas 1y ago
So, 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.