[tlhIngan Hol] peS

[kechpaja]

On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 01:36:54PM +0300, kechpaja wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 10:23:46AM +0200, Lieven wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Ed Bailey wrote:
> > >     For reasons that should be obvious to many, I'd expect {peS} to mean
> > >     "dispense," which also fits.
> > 
> > Am 14.10.2017 um 23:57 schrieb nIqolay Q:
> > > If this prediction bears out, would this be the first time we've deduced 
> > > the intended meaning of an unknown word by backsolving the pun?
> > 
> > Really? - What is the pun behind it? I don't see it, not did I read it 
> > in this discussion.
> 
> There's a candy, popular in the US*, called "Pez". It takes the form of
> small, sugary tablets that are sold in a little plastic tube with a
> mechanism at the top allowing you to eject a single tablet, which is
> referred to as a "Pez Dispenser". I wouldn't be surprised to hear that
> they never made it to Germany. 
> 
>  - SapIr
> 
> *Popular when I was in the single-digit ages 15-20 years ago, at least.
> I haven't seen one in years, and I don't know if that's just because I
> grew up and stopped caring about them, or whether they went out of
> fashion. 

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SKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pez