Conversation at the dinner table<\/b>
\nMartin: We had a test in French class today
\nLiz. Oh? On what?
\nMartin: Useful words
\nLiz: Aren’t all words useful?
\nMartin: Well, paraplegic<\/i> is less useful than inside<\/i>, for example
\nLiz: *giggles madly* true<\/p>\n
Then the three of us, Anders, Martin and I (Karin is spending the night at a friend’s house), had a long, drawn-out conversation starting from the fact that Martin asked me if I knew what longer word the Swedish word kompis<\/i> was from. Kompis<\/i> means friend. “No, I don’t,” I answered. “It’s from kompanjon<\/i>,” he told me. <\/p>\n
Adding an “is” to a word in Swedish turns it into a diminutive or cute version. dagis<\/i> from daghem<\/i> (daycare), godis<\/i> from godsaker<\/i> (candy), grattis<\/i> from gratulerar<\/i> (congratulations), etc. We spent quite a lot of time thinking of what other words in Swedish were commonly used that had -is<\/i> on the end. It was funny and interesting but very long.<\/p>\n
I just typed godis<\/i> as dodis<\/i>, and Martin started laughing really hard, and said “Why? Why do you dodis?”<\/p>\n
Penis<\/i>, incidentally, is from Latin and has nothing to do with this linguistic phenomenon.<\/p>\n
Conversation continuing from that one<\/b>
\nMartin: If I have kids I’m naming the girl Hj\u00f6rdis (note: pronounced Yurdis<\/i>)
\nLiz: what??
\nMartin: Yep. And \u00c5sl\u00f6g. (note: pronounced Oh-slug<\/i>)
\nLiz: Oh no no no.
\nMartin: Oh yeah, and if I have a boy, I’m naming him Odd.
\nLiz: What? Not Jerker?
\nLiz & Martin: *giggle madly*<\/p>\n
Conversation before bedtime<\/b>
\nMartin: *all excited* Did you know Florence is going to be in the new Star Wars??!
\nLiz: Florence from Florence + the Machine?
\nMartin: Yes! How cool is that?!
\nLiz: She’ll probably be a wookiee
\nMartin: *outraged glare* No, she won’t!
\nLiz: …or maybe an Ewok
\nMartin: She’s the tallest person on the planet!
\nLiz: Definitely a wookiee then!
\nMartin: Don’t ruin this for me! *glares*
\nLiz: *giggles madly*<\/p>\n
But seriously, \u00c5SL\u00d6G …what is up with that name, Sweden??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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