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fnordian_slip
4 days ago
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Pfeilstorch
I thought of the discworld.
https://wiki.lspace.org/Klotz
a3w
4 days ago
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I think the german names of Überwald are not just german sounding, but the author really meant it: A Klotz is a brick or block.
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Symbiote
4 days ago
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I haven't read
Carpe Jugulum
for years, but the slow/dim/clumsy meaning of
Klotz
has been adopted into (American) English as "klutz".
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