so i am new to the pellet burning bizz, i know what a klinker is but have been wondering why it got that name?may be a stupid question but im gonna ask it and bare the abuse from everybody when i get razzed about it! so why is it called a klinker?
hossthehermit said:Clinker is sometimes spelled "Klinker" which is the original Dutch / Low German, word. The old onomatopoeic verb "klinken" meant "to sound", i.e. a "Klinker" is a "sounder". (These brick stones produce a specifically bright sound when hit with or against something, for instance each other ... also compare with the Standard German "klingen")
Clinker bricks are also known as hard Dutch paving bricks. In 18th century New York, the Dutch interspersed dark clinkers with regular bricks. Some used clinkers to spell out their family initials on brick dwellings.
barnyard840x said:so i am new to the pellet burning bizz, i know what a klinker is but have been wondering why it got that name?may be a stupid question but im gonna ask it and bare the abuse from everybody when i get razzed about it! so why is it called a klinker?
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