But despite the Latin roots (albeit with an unclear etymology) Fidibus is not a fancy word. Maybe people are used to it because it is in "hokus pokus fidibus"? I can't speak for the whole of Germany but in the Palatinate it's what people call them, both the cubes and the wood/paraffin combinations or suchlike, as was confirmed to me by two of the fire-making males in my extended family. (Keine Ahnung wieso, aber Grillen und Feuermachen (im Kamin) ist Männersache.)
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Date: 2008-11-27 08:50 pm (UTC)I can't speak for the whole of Germany but in the Palatinate it's what people call them, both the cubes and the wood/paraffin combinations or suchlike, as was confirmed to me by two of the fire-making males in my extended family.
(Keine Ahnung wieso, aber Grillen und Feuermachen (im Kamin) ist Männersache.)