@hakona@im.alstadheim.noLitt #EngelskeGloser i dag. Det er en artig sammenheng mellom engelsk og norsk i det engelske "prone" , som i "Reply guys are middle-aged men who are *prone* to uninvited pontification" = "reply-gubber er middelaldrende menn med *tilbŸyelighet* til ubedt å holde preken."
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@hakona@im.alstadheim.noIn a departure from my customary #EngelskeGloser, I will today present part of our #NorwegianGlossary, recently named winner of 2025 "nyord i norsk" (New words in Norwegian) by The Language Council of Norway. And the winner is ... 🥁 📯
@hakona@im.alstadheim.noGreat piece on swearing, which is a type of #EngelskeGloser, in #TheAtlantic
@hakona@im.alstadheim.noTodays #EngelskeGloser is a thought: The Norwegian Language would be severely threatened if a government University did not get paid to maintain it [2] , and a gift link to the Atlantic [1]
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