To: Red Badger
Isn’t Weiner German for Vienna?
To: crusty old prospector
65 posted on
05/18/2023 10:41:41 AM PDT by
Red Badger
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To: crusty old prospector
They are just swapping one German word for another................
66 posted on
05/18/2023 10:42:13 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: crusty old prospector
Isn’t Weiner German for Vienna? Wien is German for Vienna, and Wiener means Viennese. The sausages in question are Wiener Würstchen or, especially in Austria, Wiener Würstl.
Weiner (from weinen--to cry or weep) means weeper and is probably related to the English word "whiner.".
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