rico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agowhat’s the weirdest word in your language?message-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squarewhat’s the weirdest word in your language?rico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-22 years ago“Rævsnerk” Noun: That moist substance between your ass cheecks on a hot and humidity day when you haven’t showered for too long. Ræv = ass. Snerk = that membrane-like substance that forms on top of soups and sauces that have been left in room temperature for too long.
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoIn English this is called swamp ass.
minus-squarerico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agowhat language is that? that’s so interesting that there’s some very specific words out there that can’t be explained in other languages.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 years agoNorwegian. Middle-north dialect, to be specific
minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoI’ll admit I read that as Middle-Earth dialect on first glance.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAccording to swedes, that’s not far off: https://youtu.be/CEnRaW9zcBc
minus-squarerico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoawesome to see more people speaking norwegian, im trying to learn it a little because my mom has some norwegian ancestry :)
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 years agoThere are dozens of us! Det er dusiner av oss! (Although that sounds a bit… off)
minus-squarerico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years ago(lol, what would be a better way to say it?) det er så kult!
minus-squareespentan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years ago“Det finnes dusinvis av oss” would perhaps be a better translation, but it’s not really an expression commonly used in Norway, so it still feels a bit awkward to say.
minus-squareGB19@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoJeg studerer norsk også :) Hei
“Rævsnerk”
Noun: That moist substance between your ass cheecks on a hot and humidity day when you haven’t showered for too long.
Ræv = ass.
Snerk = that membrane-like substance that forms on top of soups and sauces that have been left in room temperature for too long.
In English this is called swamp ass.
what language is that? that’s so interesting that there’s some very specific words out there that can’t be explained in other languages.
Norwegian. Middle-north dialect, to be specific
I’ll admit I read that as Middle-Earth dialect on first glance.
According to swedes, that’s not far off: https://youtu.be/CEnRaW9zcBc
awesome to see more people speaking norwegian, im trying to learn it a little because my mom has some norwegian ancestry :)
There are dozens of us!
Det er dusiner av oss! (Although that sounds a bit… off)
(lol, what would be a better way to say it?)
det er så kult!
“Det finnes dusinvis av oss” would perhaps be a better translation, but it’s not really an expression commonly used in Norway, so it still feels a bit awkward to say.
Jeg studerer norsk også :) Hei