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12-13-2012, 10:16 AM
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n172 Old Judge Pretzels "Getzien/Cetzein" Joke Card
So good I thought it deserved its own thread.
 It is a joke card regarding Pretzles Getzien's name. Getzien is not a real German name. It derives from the word "gesehen" which means "to have been seen." http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gesehen Yet on his cards in the OJ book, it reads "Cetzein", and in fact, it caused a confusion in a few newspaper articles succeeding the publishing of the card, where he is called Cetzein. But it turns out that the name "Cetzein" was also a joke. You can see from this passage, "Cet zein": "The word he translated ‘investigate’ is cet zein, which can carry the semi-technical sense ‘subject to a Socratic examination.’" http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=us The joke is that, as a German foreigner, Charlie Getzien was an oddball subject to examination. Get it? These guys are using the roots of words of the player names to make jokes!!! Last edited by cyseymour; 12-13-2012 at 11:08 AM. Reason: to change title 
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