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...so it looks like somebody sticking their head into the
board,
having a super long neck and the head coming out the other
side
of the board.
The artwork on the board would have the really long neck
connecting the torso to the head.
Plus you would have one person's body with another
person's
head. Good times.
Did some searching, those boards at theme parks with the
faces cut out you put your face into to take photos don't
have a
name. I suggest "collagitation board"? Naa, that sounds like
some kind of medical torture device. Anyway, somebody
needs to name these things.
At the end
https://www.youtube...watch?v=7oKPYe53h78
Cutouts !! about 3.40 [popbottle, Dec 12 2016, last modified Dec 16 2016]
Lustigergesichtsaustauschtafel
https://translate.g...ichtsaustauschtafel
[hippo, Dec 13 2016]
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In England (where we have proper words for everything), they are known as Gilbert screens (or simply Gilberts), after J.W. Gilbert, a fairgroundsman who claimed to have invented them. |
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Strangely, the idea of photographing the customers only came much later - to begin with, it was considered sufficient amusement just to let people look. |
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Ok, I'll have to update the associated idea where I suggested
naming things that don't have names. |
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How about "Gillboards"? Gives the guy credit and sounds a
little more fun and less formal. |
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Anyway, I'll look for other things that don't have names. |
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By the way, there's another incredibly rude, very bad taste
version of this you could do. |
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I won't even post it. If you figure it out, shame on you. |
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//...they are known as Gilbert screens (or simply Gilberts), after J.W. Gilbert, a fairgroundsman who claimed to have invented them. // |
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The internet does not corroborate your claim. |
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//The internet does not corroborate your claim.// |
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It's OK. You can't go blaming the internet for not knowing everything - it's only young. |
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Incidentally, [doc], one place to start would be with things that have names in other languages but (astonishingly) not in English. Schadenfreude, for instance, or hygge. |
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Schadenfreude has caught on in a big way in the states. Great
word loaded with chunky deep psychological implication
goodness and coated in a crispy, harsh Germanic tone. |
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The English word for "hygge" would be "drunk" no? |
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//The English word for "hygge" would be "drunk" no?// |
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Not quite. Hygge (according to the Danish part of the internet) is a word for a sort of friendly, matey, being-with-people sort of goodness. I think the fact that it's so difficult to describe means that we need a word for it. |
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My Danish friends translate hygge as cosy/cosiness. |
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They're really called
Lustigergesichtsaustauschtafel (see link) |
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Ah but, [hippo], that word is only possible because Germans cheat by taking all the spaces out of a sentence. This custom arose only in about 1500, thanks to the popularity of the printing press and the fact that most of the blank letters were melted down to make musket balls. |
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Very true, [Max], but given that the metal letters in a
moveable type printing
press are a standard size, it would have been more sensible
to modify guns to shoot these. If all the letters (not just
spaces) were used for this, it could have been an important
tool to (literally) impress upon your enemy your
propaganda messages. |
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