Rye vs Pumpernickel

[RobC1907]

My friend, who is currently in Seattle, Washington (my favourite city, having been there on three previous occasions) has presented me with a question. He wants to know whether he should restock his depleted bread supplies with rye, or pumpernickel.

In an effort to determine what separated pumpernickel from rye (many restaurants try to pass off rye as pumpernickel, there is a difference) I found the following etymology:

[German, probably from dialectal, term of abuse : obsolete Pumper, breaking wind (from dialectal pumpern, to break wind, from Middle High German, to knock, frequentative of pumpen, of imitative origin) + German Nickel, goblin.]

If I understood this correctly, it means to knock the farts out of a goblin in an abusive manner.

I can only assume that regular rye bread is still full of goblin farts.
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'Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And loves dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves

[RobC1907]

My friend, who is currently in Seattle, Washington (my favourite city, having been there on three previous occasions) has presented me with a question. He wants to know whether he should restock his depleted bread supplies with rye, or pumpernickel.

In an effort to determine what separated pumpernickel from rye (many restaurants try to pass off rye as pumpernickel, there is a difference) I found the following etymology:

[German, probably from dialectal, term of abuse : obsolete Pumper, breaking wind (from dialectal pumpern, to break wind, from Middle High German, to knock, frequentative of pumpen, of imitative origin) + German Nickel, goblin.]

If I understood this correctly, it means to knock the farts out of a goblin in an abusive manner.

I can only assume that regular rye bread is still full of goblin farts.
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'Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And loves dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves

[Vicious88]

Lol, thank you for this amazing entry, Rob. I really needed something like this to cheer me up this late at night.
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Ah, Signature Changes...

[Vicious88]

Lol, thank you for this amazing entry, Rob. I really needed something like this to cheer me up this late at night.
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Ah, Signature Changes...

[sweetie79]

like vicious, i agree, i needed something too to help me laugh! Thank you
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Never fear what others think, because the people who mind don't matter and the people who matter don't mind. True friends stick with you no matter what.

[sweetie79]

like vicious, i agree, i needed something too to help me laugh! Thank you
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Never fear what others think, because the people who mind don't matter and the people who matter don't mind. True friends stick with you no matter what.