Bobson_Dugnutt [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoThis guy should have a David Crowder recap show called Crowder With Loudermilken.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkThis guy should have a David Crowder recap show called Crowder With Loudermilken.m.wikipedia.orgBobson_Dugnutt [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareNewLeaf@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI swear, he’s a reptilian who when asked what his name was, did that thing from cartoons where he looked around the diner he was sitting in, and saw blueberries on top of pancakes, a radio volume knob and a glass of milk.
minus-squareBobson_Dugnutt [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoApparently it was originally “Lautermilch” in German, but I like your explanation better Americanized form of German Lautermilch, a metonymic occupational name for a dairy farmer, from Middle High German lūter ‘clear, pure’ + milch ‘milk’.
minus-squareelectric_nanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIn modern usage: “Damn this milk is loud!”
I swear, he’s a reptilian who when asked what his name was, did that thing from cartoons where he looked around the diner he was sitting in, and saw blueberries on top of pancakes, a radio volume knob and a glass of milk.
Apparently it was originally “Lautermilch” in German, but I like your explanation better
Interesting!
In modern usage: “Damn this milk is loud!”