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0 pointsautoexec2y ago0 comments

I suppose it's subjective but Crinkle Crankle is better because it sounds so ridiculous.

Ribbon Wall doesn't sound any more ridiculous than same-shaped Ribbon Candy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_candy) or Ribbon Cables (https://www.fxpstore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ribbon-w...), and ribbons don't call to mind atrocities or human suffering. Battlefields are terrible places where horrific things happen. That's not something I'd want associated with my own property.

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ChainOfFools2y ago

Crinkle crinkle wall has to be the most British sounding britishism ever. Like something that would have been a subject of serious research at the Ministry of Silly Walls.

LightBug12y ago

True dat, bruv.

And that's jenga.

DropInIn2y ago

And that's Number Wang!

hfivivfub2y ago

The value in this is the historical dimension. Apparently, "crinkle-crankle" dates to 1598. So it's a pre-US term.

I agree that it's not a good look to automatically prefer the military term to the "ridiculous" one. It smacks of toxic masculinity.

"Crinkle-crankle" is obviously archaic, and it evokes folk art and (in the US) colonial culture. That is fairly neutral, as placenames go.

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