Spoiler I am absolutely puzzled as to its proper meaning. I would hope a few of you good people may help me with my lacking vocabulary?
I believe it is an attempt to recreate the sound an aircraft would make while flying overhead. Like "thhhhhhhhe" with the "e" making the end sound softer than the "thhhh". Thus imitating the Doppler Effect.
Well that would make some sort of sense. Those Germans are indeed fokkers. Dear god that pun is going to send me to my grave.
It's simple: 1st, you must isolate the variable. Then, you must ... Oh wait... this is english , not math!
You know, I read through the entire first article bit before realising what the thread was actually about. I was not amused when I realised =/
No no no no, y'see, you were close, but it's onomatopoeia for a spinning helicopter blade! Thethethethethethethethethethethethe