• samus12345@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    In Our Dumb History, the founder of the Onion was said to be Friedrich Siegfried Zweibel. “Zweibel” is German for “onion.”

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      10 hours ago

      Zweibel would be two Bel (or two Decibel, converted to the better known unit) if you forgot about your space key.

      Surely you mean Zwiebel.

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        10 hours ago

        Oh, you’re right, I forgot his name is spelled differently. Zweibel is a real surname, so I assume they chose it because it’s so similar to Zwiebel.