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in reply to a message by Billina
Is this a thing? I don't know why it comes to mind but it seems like people say something like, "That's a big Bertha!"
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I remember a carnival game that was a big woman with a huge mouth that you threw balls into and she was called Big Bertha.
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The original Big Bertha (in German, dicke Bertha) was a siege gun used by the German army on the Western front - France, Belgium - in the First World War. It was extremely powerful, and typically used against the buildings in occupied towns; not an anti-personnel weapon at all.
It's fascinating, how powerful alliteration can be. I think it was originally nicknamed Bertha after the daughter of its manufacturer, possibly Krupp? But, put Big with Bertha and it became immortal. When we got married, we bought ourselves the two-volume Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and immediately nicknamed it Big Bertha.
It's fascinating, how powerful alliteration can be. I think it was originally nicknamed Bertha after the daughter of its manufacturer, possibly Krupp? But, put Big with Bertha and it became immortal. When we got married, we bought ourselves the two-volume Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and immediately nicknamed it Big Bertha.
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I named a snowman Big Bertha two years ago lol. But the "big" part was because she was like 5'6" and really wide.
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