Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diago, which of course in German means a whale's vagina.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A false etymology joke claiming a city name comes from German for a body part.
- In plain terms
- The city name supposedly means something vulgar in German.
- What can you take from it?
- Fake history is used for shock humor.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why make up word origins?
- What do we laugh at?
Another view
It is historically false.
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