(January 11, 2022 at 6:41 am)The Valkyrie Wrote:(January 11, 2022 at 6:31 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Although first produced in the late 1880s, the Swiss army knife wasn't so called until after WWII, because America soldiers had trouble pronouncing the German word 'Offiziersmesser' ('officer's knife').
Related: It really shouldn't be called a 'Swiss army knife' in any case, as this
dates from about 200CE (it's Roman) and has a knife, fork, spoon, spatula, spike and toothpick.
Damned Swiss patent-infringing bastards.
Boru
Just think, the Romans could have sued for copyright infringement if they hadn't been incompetent and lost their empire.
And had copyright.
