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bstix@feddit.dk
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I have seen the picture before, but it wasn’t until now that I figured out the Helmholtz double entendre.

Helmholtz resonation is a way to enhance certain frequencies by blowing air into a cavity shaped to resonate with the desirable frequencies, named after German scientist Hermann von Helmholtz.

Helm means helmet in German. Holtz means wood in German (nice name: wooden helmet?) but in most other languages it resembles the word “hold” making this a helmet held Helmholtz resonator. Say it fast.

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silva@sopuli.xyz
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Helmholtz would actually mean ‘The wood of a helmet’, as ‘Helm’ comes first. But that makes less sense.

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naeap@sopuli.xyz
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Correctly it would be ‘Holz’ and not ‘Holtz’
The latter I’ve heard as a family name sometimes. But you’re probably right, that it historically referenced ‘Holz’

Edit: only found a German page about the origins of the name, and yes, it is very probably coming from forest, woodland, wood

https://namensherkunft.info/namensherkunft-holtz/

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RobotZap10000@feddit.nl
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Isn’t that also the name of the character from Brave New World?

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bstix@feddit.dk
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Yes. There’s a character in the book named Helmholtz Watson.

I don’t think Helmholtz is a first name in reality though, but I’ve seen worse.

I used to have a teacher named Dethleff Dethleffsen, so I suppose anything is possible.

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