# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/641 "2023-08-15T12:06:53Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > “Bravo Eco Romeo Golf Sierra Tango Eco Indiana November” Echo, not Eco, but I like the idea that the United States Air Force was a leader in being green. Oh, and it was usually called the NATO Phonetic Alphabet in my military experience. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/642 "2023-08-15T12:10:51Z")
Yeah, in spanish “Echo” sounds “Eco”, thus my mistake. In some places the NATO Phonetic Alphabet it’s known as the Aeronautical or Aviation Alphabet. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/643 "2023-08-15T14:28:42Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Ironically, “Steinberg” literally means “[Stone Mountain](https://t0.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcRBUXov3LacjL7sWXTUdxsUbrMQoNORJAwH1fOtIPw1f_m-f0IUWPBwAgGae3hiVdxU).” > [@Frodo](#): > > So it’s actually Mountain Stone and not Stone Mountain thankfully With my (admittedly very limited) knowledge of German, I would have thought it translated to “Beer Mug City” The version of The Schnitzelbank Song that my extended family sang included… _Is das nicht ein grossen stein? Ya, das is ein grossen stein!_ had a picture of a great big beer mug. Shows what I know. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/644 "2023-08-15T16:44:04Z")
In German, “berg” is mountain; “burg” is city. “Stein” means literally “stone” and became applied to mugs from steinzeng meaning “stoneware” or steinkrug meaning “stoneware jug.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/645 "2023-08-15T17:46:24Z")
Told’ja my knowledge of German was very very limited! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/646 "2023-08-15T19:19:34Z")
Most of my knowledge of German comes from war movies. Whenever I hear German spoken the words I know appear near the bottom of my vision in English. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/647 "2023-08-15T21:08:58Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Most of my knowledge of German comes from war movies. > > Whenever I hear German spoken the words I know appear near the bottom of my vision in English [This](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UHw_WobAUbI) got me thinking, _man, that gets jarring when they talk about making him better and stronger and MACHT SCHNELL!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/648 "2023-08-15T21:21:13Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Most of my knowledge of German comes from war movies. My dad knew a tiny bit of mostly nonsensical German, which he could say and make it sound like he just might kill you. “I do not have a hat on my head” was one of the German sentences he could say and sound totally authentic. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/649 "2023-08-15T21:25:51Z")
There’s also jokey English using German syntax, like “Throw Mama from the Train a Kiss a Kiss.” Apparently, it was a comic song my dad liked to sing, and, of course, was borrowed for a movie title. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/650 "2023-08-15T22:12:30Z")
So I guess “Baggins” is just the shortened version? Aside: A stone understands gravity. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/651 "2023-08-15T23:02:18Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > There’s also jokey English using German syntax, like “Throw Mama from the Train a Kiss a Kiss.” Apparently, it was a comic song my dad liked to sing, and, of course, was borrowed for a movie title. Actually borrowed from Pennsylvania Dutch. I don’t know of it being used outside that context (aside from the song and movie title). Go to Pennsylvania’s Amish country and you;'ll find that written on all kinds of souvenirs. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/652 "2023-08-15T23:40:46Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > So I guess “Baggins” is just the shortened version? The man on the Shire’s equivalent of Ellis Island thought it fitted better… ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/653 "2023-08-16T00:30:14Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > In German, “berg” is mountain; “burg” is city. gTranslate says that burg means schloss. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/654 "2023-08-16T01:07:39Z")
Strictly speaking, yes, meaning a castle or fortress, but the connotation has been expanded to the urban area the fortress would have protected. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/655 "2023-08-16T02:39:17Z")
Iowa says; why bother reading books to find out if they’re objectionable or not when we can ask a chatbot? > **[School district uses ChatGPT to help ban library books](https://www.popsci.com/technology/iowa-chatgpt-book-ban/)** > > Faced with new legislation, Iowa's Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books 'contain a description or depiction of a sex act.' ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/656 "2023-08-16T06:46:00Z")
They’ve invented the prosthetic brain. ---
**Author:** ![Wincerind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@Wincerind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wincerind)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/657 "2023-08-16T07:11:40Z")
Necessity is the mother of invention… ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/658 "2023-08-16T10:35:08Z")
I bet they didn’t ask good ol’ ChatGPT about the Bible. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/659 "2023-08-16T11:00:57Z")
Oooohhhh, teh Bible, og’s own instruction manual on deceit, hypocrisy, sin, hatred, fear, and the all-important; get out of jail free card. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/660 "2023-08-16T13:56:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Iowa says; why bother reading books to find out if they’re objectionable or not when we can ask a chatbot? From the loinked article > [@](#): > > “We are confident this process will ensure the spirit of the law is enacted here in Mason City,” Exman said at the time. [Robert Preston] I’m tellin’ you we got _Trouble_ Right here in Mason City That’s _Trouble_ with a capital _T_ And that rhymes with _P_ And that stands for _Porn_… [/Robert Preston] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=34)