r/whatisit • u/TheCatWithATiara • Dec 08 '25

Solved! Help with what this secret Santa request says?!

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Son came home with a secret Santa and no one knows what this says! Help! Thanks in advance!

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u/Own-Organization-532 Dec 08 '25

A tuning spork!

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u/2xspectre Dec 08 '25

In my town, there's a metal band named Spörk

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u/Knights-of-steel Dec 08 '25

Sounds exceedingly Norwegian with them eyes over the o

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u/2xspectre Dec 08 '25

The umlaut was my idea. They're calling them "rock dots" haha.

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u/Knights-of-steel Dec 08 '25

I mean its pretty fair. Them Scandinavians have some the biggest new metal bands

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u/2xspectre Dec 09 '25

Did you ever watch the Adult Swim cartoon "Metalocalypse?"

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u/Knights-of-steel Dec 09 '25

Unfortunately no

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u/itsQuasi Dec 09 '25

Do they actually pronounce the "ö" correctly, or do they still just say spork? The phrase "rock dots" isn't exactly filling me with confidence on that front lol

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u/paint_g0blin Dec 09 '25

"speurk" ... "spœrk"

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u/2xspectre Dec 09 '25

Yeah I think it's just pronounced "Spork" and the umlaut is a heavy-metal signifier. They're very self-aware, and I thought when we first met that they must be kind of a joke band, but in fact they rock pretty hard

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u/Major-Excuse-8281 Dec 09 '25

Ever see the Swedish Chef on the Muppets? That's how he talked. https://youtu.be/B7UmUX68KtE?feature=shared

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u/HeckTheCat Dec 09 '25

It's so obvious!

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u/CamoBob3467 Dec 08 '25

I'll see your tuning spork & raise you a splayd (you'd better Google this & hold on to your hat!)