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Where does all the weird Chinese component terminology come from?
harerod:
--- Quote from: Infraviolet on January 07, 2023, 06:53:16 pm ---Schwein werfer? Pig thrower?
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ger. "Scheinwerfer" - engl. "sheen - caster" - a device that casts a sheen on the scene. As in a car's headlight.
"Schweinwerfer" would be a sample of pre-internet German humor. Insert/warp a part of a word and you end up with something funny, i.e. "Schwein" - "pig".
"Scheinwerfer" allows for another - wrong or sarcastic - meaning: "Schein" -> "banknote" / "Werfer" -> "person who throws". "Person who throws money to people / at things."
amyk:
Behold the right ear VGA disk: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000103927037.html
gamalot:
--- Quote from: amyk on February 20, 2023, 03:12:18 am ---Behold the right ear VGA disk: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000103927037.html
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Basically nothing seriously wrong here, it's the right ear control panel flex cable connect to the hard drive backplane (next to the VGA port).
People may be confused by this description, but I think those who are really looking for it will understand.
amyk:
Came across this one recently. Figuring out the meaning is left as an exercise for the reader ;)
gamalot:
--- Quote from: amyk on November 17, 2023, 04:29:45 am ---Came across this one recently. Figuring out the meaning is left as an exercise for the reader ;)
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This is too easy to Chinese native speakers.
wheat = 麦 = 麦克风 = microphone
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