Comment by InternationalBastard@lemmy.world on At least it's not Pumpkin Spiced

Non native English speaker here. So I get that a screwdriver is vodka + orange juice. And I get he is drinking it out of Phillips skull. Still don’t get the punchline.

This is a Phillip’s Head Screwdriver:

Thanks, never heard that name before. In my mother tongue it goes by the simple name of ‘Kreuzschlitzschraubendreher’ and that is no joke.

and that name actually makes sense, like EVERYTHING in Deutsch! because it is a ‘Cross Slotted Screwdriver’… in ~~English~~ American, we venerate Mr. Phillips every single day, amen… whoever he was…

Phillips Head is a trash screwdriver. Like any patriotic Canadian, I believe in Red Robby supremacy

I’m partial to star drive lately. Most of the benefits of robertsons but engagement points every 60 degrees instead of 90.

Only squares like the Robertson drive.

I didn’t know the term for that kind of screwdriver in German, but I speak it enough that if someone asked me for one, I’d know what they meant because the name is descriptive. In English, not so much.

Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän

Ok, so without looking (and forgive me my vocabulary is really lousy from disuse)

My strategy for compound words is usually to try to break up the word, starting at the end, since mostly they are nouns with a bunch of adjectives stuck in front.

Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän

So kapitän is easy since it’s a near cognate for captain.

Gesellschaft looks like a word i used to know, but I can’t remember it.

Schiffahrt - i don’t know this one, but it looks like schiff (ship) plus fahren (to go) - shipping?

Ampf - no clue

Donaud - I feel like this must be modifying ampf, because it doesn’t look like a word on its own, but since I don’t know ampf I am stumped.

So my guess is someone in charge of something to do with shipping.

Hehehe, German’s have the best name for things. Amazing

They take existing words and slap them together to make new ones. For example, a turtle is a shield toad and gloves are hand shoes.

I recently learned of the existence of Frearson; like the Philips but without the slightly rounded inside corners.

I’ve never heard of such a thing. The things you learn in Risa!!

and it’s only Tuesday

What happens on Risa, stays with you for the rest of your life.

Sometimes it itches, but it’s manageable.

A “Phillips Head” screwdriver 🪛 is the kind with a + shaped head

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Come on’n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don’t break the weather control network.

At least it's not Pumpkin Spiced(pixelfed.social)

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