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Post #69957 by bigbrotiki on 01/16/2004

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bigbrotiki posted on 01/16/2004

The word Vernex comes from joining the term "vernacular", meaning the local language, with the term "perplex".
When Bong's uncle made this object at Art-sten in the early 1980s, nobody knew how to describe it to the local community, which was rightfully perplexed. So...

Say Bong, wasn't you uncle's name Werner?