usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 hours agoThe Onion explaining a more serious reason why they bought Info Warslemmy.mlimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1735arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1735arrow-down1imageThe Onion explaining a more serious reason why they bought Info Warslemmy.mlusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 hours agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-213 hours agoIn Our Dumb History, the founder of the Onion was said to be Friedrich Siegfried Zweibel. “Zweibel” is German for “onion.” EDIT: “Zwiebel” is “onion,” not “Zweibel.” Almost certainly chosen due to its similarity to the word, though.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·14 hours agoZweibel would be two Bel (or two Decibel, converted to the better known unit) if you forgot about your space key. Surely you mean Zwiebel.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·14 hours agoOh, you’re right, I forgot his name is spelled differently. Zweibel is a real surname, so I assume they chose it because it’s so similar to Zwiebel.
In Our Dumb History, the founder of the Onion was said to be Friedrich Siegfried Zweibel. “Zweibel” is German for “onion.”
EDIT: “Zwiebel” is “onion,” not “Zweibel.” Almost certainly chosen due to its similarity to the word, though.
Zweibel would be two Bel (or two Decibel, converted to the better known unit) if you forgot about your space key.
Surely you mean Zwiebel.
Oh, you’re right, I forgot his name is spelled differently. Zweibel is a real surname, so I assume they chose it because it’s so similar to Zwiebel.