An Acceleration of Pastries

I just learned that, at least in the Rhineland region of Germany, the word "Gebäck" (pastry) is only used for some sorts of pastry; Danish-type pastries that have fruit or filling on top (previously known to me as "Plunder," as in "Puddingplunder," "Kirschplunder," etc.) are regionally known instead as a "Teilchen" – a word that literally just means "small piece" ("Teil" = part, "-chen" = diminutive ending).

The reason this is funny, though, is that the word "Teilchen" in its more common usage means "particle" (think about it, "part" plus diminutive suffix "-cle") – as in particle physics or particle accelerator. The German word for particle accelerator, in fact is "Teilchenbeschleuniger" (particle + accelerator).

So I hope you're all with me now in picturing a massive, ultra-high-tech machine for accelerating pastries to very high speeds!