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HUMOR: Useful Norewigan Phrases

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Thu Mar 3 17:08:26 1994

From: abennett@MIT.EDU
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 94 17:03:40 EST


Date: Thu, 3 Mar 94 12:51:13 PST
From: ckleinja@Novell.COM (Connie Kleinjans)
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From: hendrick@acset.be (Dick Hendrickson)
Subject: Handy phrases for the Olympics

The following Norwegian phrases are from Tom Powers of the St. Paul
Pioneer Press and are very useful for those of you who will be listening
the Olympics this winter.

Jeg vil gi deg alle sparepengene mine for de ore-varmerne
     I'll give you my life savings for those earmuffs

Jeg will gierne ha McLaksen
     I'll take the McSalmon

Jeg har frossset fast til utedoen, saa jeg vil not bli litt sein
     I'm frozen to the outdoor toilet, so I'll be a bit late

Det er et merkelig vesen som parrer seg med Folkevognen min
     That is a curious beast mating with my Volkswagen



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