Post #69957 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Jan 15, 2004 5:20 PM

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Jan 15, 2004 5:20 PM 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?