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[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's probably a typo and supposed to be Nanu. In German, nanu is an expression of surprise. This model's slogan is "Nanu, wo kommt das denn her?" meaning "Huh, where did this come from?".

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's interesting. It's an "old man" way of saying "nani?!" in Japanese.

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 8 points 1 day ago

Was Mork attempting a surprised German, an elderly Japanese man, or some strange third thing?

vintage t-shirt graphic of robin William’s smirking framed by a ludicrous amount of blow-dried hair wearing a Lycra onesie and holding up a lewd alien gesture captioned “nanu nanu!” and bearing the trademark “mork and Mindy” television show logo in a garish vignette and matching font of cliched mid-70s tobacco stain-colored banded gradient