http://hp.vox.com/library/posts/tags/regional+differences/page/1/ Food, music and a lot of other stuff too... en Vox Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:39:34 -0700 Copyright 2006 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss regional differences http://hp.vox.com/library/post/qotd-klimpers.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(hp) http://hp.vox.com/library/post/qotd-klimpers.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://hp.vox.com/library/post/qotd-klimpers.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:39:34 -0700 <blockquote><p>Soda? Cola? Pop? What do you say? Any other <del>regional</del> household words that set you apart?<br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">Question submitted by </span><a href="http://gladys.vox.com/"><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">Gladys</span></a><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">.</span></p></blockquote><p> I grew up in a rather German household (known especially for precision timing and NOT EVER being late). There were <span class="unmark" id="misspell-0">occasional</span> bits of German in our household lexicon. First and <span class="unmark" id="misspell-1">foremost</span> of these were <span class="mark" id="misspell-2">Klimpers</span>. <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c2251c3baa549d00c2251e61ff549d" at:format="medium" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-medium photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: left;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://hp.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c3baa549d00c2251e61ff549d.html"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2251c3baa549d00c2251e61ff549d-200pi" alt="Klimpers" title="Klimpers" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://hp.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c3baa549d00c2251e61ff549d.html" title="Klimpers">Klimpers</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> You may know them as tongs, but for me they are forever <span class="mark" id="misspell-3">Klimpers</span>. I actually did not realize that other people called <span class="mark" id="misspell-4">Klimpers</span> tongs until I was well into adulthood. Tongs were something else all together - a kind of scissors-like gripping <span class="unmark" id="misspell-5">apparatus</span>. We had tongs growing up, but those weren&#39;t the same thing as <span class="mark" id="misspell-6">Klimpers</span>.</p><p><span class="unmark" id="misspell-cursor"></span>Now, I know that <span class="mark" id="misspell-7">Klimpers</span> is not a real German word. I think my grandfather probably made it up. But it&#39;s the perfect word for... <span class="mark" id="misspell-8">Klimpers</span>. </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hp.vox.com/library/post/qotd-klimpers.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c3baa549d00c2251e65dcf219?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd regional differences