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Thread #59418 Message #2136136
Posted By: Little Hawk
29-Aug-07 - 01:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Sufferin' JAYSUS, Amos! You have set Norse mythology back ten thousand years with your bizarre ramblings.... ;-)
Now, listen carefully....this is the English definition of the word "dunder":
DunĀ“der
n. 1. The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum.
The use of dunder in the making of rum answers the purpose of yeast in the fermentation of flour.
- B. Edwards.
Further to that, the word "dunder" in the Swedish language means "thunder", as in "dunderberg" (thunder mountain).
Here is a link to an article about the American ironclad "Dunderberg", launched in 1865. They did not name it so to indicate that it was stupid, Amos, they named it so to indicate that it was impressively large and that its guns thundered.
USS Dunderberg, ironclad, 1865