rico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8か月前what’s the weirdest word in your language?message-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squarewhat’s the weirdest word in your language?rico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8か月前message-square71fedilink
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-28か月前“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-up17·8か月前In English this is called swamp ass.
minus-squarerico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8か月前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.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-28か月前Norwegian. Middle-north dialect, to be specific
minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8か月前I’ll admit I read that as Middle-Earth dialect on first glance.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8か月前According to swedes, that’s not far off: https://youtu.be/CEnRaW9zcBc
minus-squarerico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8か月前awesome 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-28か月前There are dozens of us! Det er dusiner av oss! (Although that sounds a bit… off)
minus-squarerico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8か月前(lol, what would be a better way to say it?) det er så kult!
minus-squareespentan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8か月前“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.
“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