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[Charlieman]

The German-speaking world is a geo-culinary quagmire. 

In Britain we have Bakewell tart which is not an occupation and Cullen skink who is not a movie villain.

[BRG]

In Britain we have Bakewell tart which is not an occupation and Cullen skink who is not a movie villain.

Yes, there are plenty of food stuffs named after places, but I can't think of any where the name might also apply to a person from that place, unlike Hamburger, Wiener, Frankfurter or Berliner.

[smitten]

Yes, there are plenty of food stuffs named after places, but I can't think of any where the name might also apply to a person from that place, unlike Hamburger, Wiener, Frankfurter or Berliner.

I am a Sandwich?

[BRG]

I am a Sandwich?

Good for you!  But I don't think people from that fine burgh refer to themselves as Sandwiches?  Sandwegians or something, probably...

[GeoffR]

In Britain we have Bakewell tart which is not an occupation and Cullen skink who is not a movie villain.

We had Cullen Skink in Scotland many years ago, absolutely delicious!!

[glyn parham]

Good for you! But I don't think people from that fine burgh refer to themselves as Sandwiches? Sandwegians or something, probably...

Most likely retired Bankers I believe!
Glyn

Edited by glyn parham, 20 June 2022 - 16:16.

[Gary Davies]

Wolff is a Wiener.

... which term rang a bell. As is Wiener Film. So off to Wiki and sure enough... "an Austrian film genre, consisting of a combination of comedy, romance and melodrama in a historical setting."

 

So yeah, about right.

[Gary Davies]

The German-speaking world is a geo-culinary quagmire.  Telling people where you come from might lead them to imagine you are a doughnut, a small sausage, a beef patty or a hot dog sausage.

Indeed. And if wurst comes to wurst, they might conclude you are a sour Kraut!

[Bob Riebe]

Yes, indeed. "Scheißkiste" is literally the same word, and it's used frequently in everyday German for malfunctioning or non-satisfactory vehicles. I'm sure it's a top ten hit in the "Fahrerlager", too. Isn't Toto Wolff German, anyway - his accent certainly sounds like.

Michael I am surprised to have not come across it often when researching sprint-cars.

Not in newspapers obviously but reading old books with drivers quotes from the days when Big Cars and sprint cars were not really that different.
 

[Lee Nicolle]

The term has been around since the late sixties to my knowledge. Not in print probably.

Both in motorsport as well as the car trade in my experience