The Current Events Thread

[Syobon]

You do know that if you add an A and an I, his name would be Rick Sanatorium, which is rather fitting if I may say so myself.

That's not even necessary, google "santorum".

[Brekkjern]

Is it me or is there a new wordfilter for "Brekkjern"?

EDIT: Indeed there is...

[Exeres]

Kubein? I have no idea what that is.

A trip to Google Translate tells me Kubein is Norwegian for crowbar. Ha.

[Madican]

Ahahaha. I googled what it was in Norwegian and it said kubein means crowbar. Look at his avatar.

I think Trygve had something to do with this.

[Brekkjern]

Kubein? I have no idea what that is.

The exact same thing that brekkjern and crowbar means.

[Exeres]

So Norway has two different words for crowbar?

[Shad]

:3c

blame trygve

[Brekkjern]

So Norway has two different words for crowbar?

Yup.

[Madican]

:3c

blame trygve

Figured as much.

[Brekkjern]

So did I.

[Valbrandur]

Kubein? I have no idea what that is.

A trip to Google Translate tells me Kubein is Norwegian for crowbar. Ha.

Same here except typed Kúbein.

Direct translation would be Cowbone.

[Brekkjern]

Eh, it isn't "cow bone" as much as "cow leg". It stems from the shape of the crowbar. It looks like a cows leg.

There are a crapton of different dialects in Norway and also two different written languages that are official. Both fairly similar with just minor differences in grammatical rules and dictionaries. Lots of different local words for stuff that grow very large in one area so they just pry themselves into the language.

[Syobon]

That's interesting, the Dutch word for crowbar is basically "cowfoot" (koevoet). A synonym is breekijzer. Hey, that kind of sounds like brekkjern.

It's kind of cool to see these connections between languages.

[Brekkjern]

Norwegian was at some point in time so similar to English that people could talk to each other without learning the others language. Many words have stuck through time as well.

Rucksack from the Norwegian word "Ryggsekk". It bodaciously means "back bag".

I know there are a lot more words that have been adopted in both directions and even more if you start looking to German and French.

[Exeres]

English was originally born out of Anglo-Saxon languages anyway, meaning it has roots in Germanic and Norse cultures as well. After borrowing heavily from Latin, English is pretty much a mixture of all sorts of different languages.