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by panarky 1028 days ago
It's so awesome to learn a new term like "macaronic language".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaronic_language

I finally have the right term to describe the warning signs from 1960's-era mainframes that coined "blinkenlichten".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights

There should be a German term for this, but "gefälschter deutscher" doesn't quite capture it.

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Was about to say that sounds very german yet with a sprinkling of dutch.