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Template:Infobox military conflict is used on other "Joke War" pages such as the Pig War (1859). I don't think it qualifies as an "errant use" to have an infobox to keep consistency given other precedents around. Additionally, to be clear, the addition of the infobox had nothing to do with "memes". WanukeX ( talk) 23:32, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
So there is some incongruencies in different sources about which spirit the Danish side left there (all the sources seem to agree that the Canadians left whisky). Most English sources say the Danes leave "Schnapps" ( business insider, NYT). Danish sources, however, consistently describe it as "snaps", which means akvavit, and is not the same as the English word "schnapps". ( Extra Bladet, Berlingske, AAU). This incongruency could be explained as a mistranslation of snaps to schnapps. Schnapps in English refers to a drink that's not particularly popular in Denmark or characteristic, while snaps (akvavit) is the traditional Danish spirit. Well mystery solved, right? Wrong!
While looking through some more Danish articles, particularly the ones with direct quotations, it's significantly more muddy. Here a geologist who was present when the Danish minister left the note, refers the the spirit as a "cognac" and here a navy captain says: "It was previously such that, when the danes went to raise the danish flag, they left a bottle of Gammel Dansk" (a traditional Danish bitter).
So what's the conclusions? It seems nobody can agree what the Danish navy left for the canadians. Maybe it was different each time? Maybe it's partly a legend?
-- 94.147.56.119 ( talk) 06:38, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Why is this event "In 1984, Canadian soldiers "provoked" Denmark by planting its flag on the island and leaving a bottle of Canadian whisky." not in the timeline? -- Rcsmit ( talk) 22:54, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox military conflict is used on other "Joke War" pages such as the Pig War (1859). I don't think it qualifies as an "errant use" to have an infobox to keep consistency given other precedents around. Additionally, to be clear, the addition of the infobox had nothing to do with "memes". WanukeX ( talk) 23:32, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
So there is some incongruencies in different sources about which spirit the Danish side left there (all the sources seem to agree that the Canadians left whisky). Most English sources say the Danes leave "Schnapps" ( business insider, NYT). Danish sources, however, consistently describe it as "snaps", which means akvavit, and is not the same as the English word "schnapps". ( Extra Bladet, Berlingske, AAU). This incongruency could be explained as a mistranslation of snaps to schnapps. Schnapps in English refers to a drink that's not particularly popular in Denmark or characteristic, while snaps (akvavit) is the traditional Danish spirit. Well mystery solved, right? Wrong!
While looking through some more Danish articles, particularly the ones with direct quotations, it's significantly more muddy. Here a geologist who was present when the Danish minister left the note, refers the the spirit as a "cognac" and here a navy captain says: "It was previously such that, when the danes went to raise the danish flag, they left a bottle of Gammel Dansk" (a traditional Danish bitter).
So what's the conclusions? It seems nobody can agree what the Danish navy left for the canadians. Maybe it was different each time? Maybe it's partly a legend?
-- 94.147.56.119 ( talk) 06:38, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Why is this event "In 1984, Canadian soldiers "provoked" Denmark by planting its flag on the island and leaving a bottle of Canadian whisky." not in the timeline? -- Rcsmit ( talk) 22:54, 15 June 2022 (UTC)