In (some parts of Germany) a Sputnik is a sausage with a slice of cheese in it, wrapped in bacon, pierced by a toothpick and baked in the oven.
Was looking for a picture of one and found none. So now I’m contemplating if I’m going insane.
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CombatWombat@feddit.online 2 hours ago
Sputnik is a fun word in Russian. It comes from the prefix s- (with), the suffix -nik (one who), and the root -put- (path). A sputnik, then, is someone or something who travels a path with you, and it is also a model of train (because it travels with the tracks) and a word for spouse (because they travel your life’s path with you).
GargleBlaster@feddit.org 48 minutes ago
CombatWombat@feddit.online 44 minutes ago
The Russians call Germans “nemtsy” or “the mute ones” because allegedly the Germans were the first ethnic group the Russians encountered who didn’t speak their language and so they assumed they couldn’t speak at all. The sausage sounds delicious, though, so maybe they just weren’t speaking because they were eating cheese-stuffed bacon-wrapped sausages.
lime@feddit.nu 2 hours ago
so, “pathfinder”?
Limerance@piefed.social 2 hours ago
More like companion.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
More like baby mama