Re: Bug#247160: ITP: kluppe -- a loop-player and recorder designed for live use
Tobias Toedter <t.toedter@gmx.net> writes:
> On Tuesday 04 May 2004 16:53, Siggy Brentrup wrote:
>> Neither did I, but according to "Der Brockhaus (1998)" it's
>> a tool for cutting external threads into pipes.
>>
>> Hopefully this ends the thread :)
>
> Well, not yet... I just had a look in the "Duden", and it seems like there
> are two meanings of the word.
>
> 1. A measuring device, shaped like a forceps
> 2. In Austria, this is indeed a peg -- and in Bavaria, they call it
> "Klupperl" (which also means "finger" there... oh boy)
>
Indeed, I can confirm that, coming from Salzburg, which is in Austria
and near Bavaria.
Andi
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