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All the bergs and steins, and the common sounding names. What say you

All the bergs and steins, and the common sounding names. What say you

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It also refers to a stone mug, or a mug in general. Homonyms, my nigga

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Lol, your hearts in the right place but your perception of language is abysmal.

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In English, at least, I've only ever heard a stein as referring to a beer mug, never a rock. I ain't heard Tyrone say

I got the crack pipe, you got the crack steins?

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'Stein' in a name always refers to 'stone'

'Edelstein' = gemstone

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_stein

It is a mug that was traditionally made out of stoneware.

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I know. I am German. But in a NAME it is NEVER a beer-mug reference.