ext_21044 ([identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] muckefuck 2006-12-11 03:49 pm (UTC)

Sparschweinchen is just the diminutive of Sparschwein "piggy bank".

I'm not sure whether the typical German-speaker would be more likely to intepret Schweinebank as a bank for the use of pigs or pig-farmers (cf. Schiffsbank, Bauerbank) or a bank for storing pigs (by analogy with Datenbank). I think the latter, but either way, hilarity ensues.

You think that's bad, Bengt, [livejournal.com profile] bikerbaer was once quizzing a student on the parts of a car and his answer to the question, "If it were dark, you'd turn on your..." was "Schweinwerfer!"

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