Re:'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20k...
by xg15 on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @06:59PM
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I know, just found it funny :)
Re:'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20k...
by herewulf on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @12:28AM
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In German spelling, "v" at the start of a word is pronounced "f"[1], so the title is really bizarre if you know the slightest amount of German. "Schlinger" has been covered by other comments.
[1]: Excepting words borrowed from other languages like "Vase".
I'm a German descended US-ian, speak both languages , and enjoy a good German language joke. This one could have been done better in written form. shrugs
> When he was a standup comic in Los Angeles, Omapod host Tony Bock used to do a bit about the name. “Just saying ‘Der Viener Schlinger’ on a comedy stage gets a laugh, whether you’re in Nebraska or not,” he told me. “There’s something quintessentially Nebraskan about mustering the courage to solve the problem we faced before the advent of this invention: the inability to ‘schling’ the wieners.”