rico@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 21 hours agowhat’s the weirdest word in your language?message-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squarewhat’s the weirdest word in your language?rico@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareneidu3linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·edit-220 hours 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-squarerico@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·20 hours 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-squareneidu3linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-220 hours agoNorwegian. Middle-north dialect, to be specific
minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 hours agoI’ll admit I read that as Middle-Earth dialect on first glance.
minus-squareneidu3linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoAccording to swedes, that’s not far off: https://youtu.be/CEnRaW9zcBc
minus-squarerico@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 hours agoawesome to see more people speaking norwegian, im trying to learn it a little because my mom has some norwegian ancestry :)
minus-squareneidu3linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-219 hours agoThere are dozens of us! Det er dusiner av oss! (Although that sounds a bit… off)
minus-squarerico@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours ago(lol, what would be a better way to say it?) det er så kult!
minus-squareespentan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours 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.
“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)
Jeg studerer norsk også :) Hei
(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.