ZimmermannSplinters

German has several words for woodworkers, e.g.:

• Zimmermann (carpenter, perhaps with an indoor-finishing slant; "Zimmer" is a room)
• Tischler (joiner)
• Schreiner (cabinetmaker)

While looking into the above (in response to a question about my surname) I recently found the enigmatic aphorism:

which translates more-or-less into:

... whatever that means!

(cf. MarkZimmermann, ...)

TopicLanguage - TopicHumor - TopicPersonalHistory - 2005-06-27

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