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Interestingly, "Spanner" is German for "voyeur". Coming from Google it's almost kind of ironic.

• dmayle 14y ago
  Even more interesting, "Spanner" is English for "something that spans", as in a database spanning the world. Maybe it's a bit snarky, but I really don't see how you can read into something like that. It reminds me of the following Jack Handy quote: Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind. - Jack Handy
  • huxley 14y ago
    A spanner is also British English for what North Americans call a wrench.
    • regularfry 14y ago
      Also, colloquially, for an idiot.