10 Interesting Facts about Norwegian

Nov 30 2022

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10. Norwegian expressions

Norwegian comes with its own range of colourful expressions, such as: The taste is like the ass, it’s split in two. Don’t be so apple handsome. There are owls in the moss. Morning time has gold in the mouth. Don’t be so high on the pear.
It even has its own version of the children’s counting rhyme, eerily similar to Eeny, meeny, miny, moe: Elle melle, you tell. The ship goes. Out this year. Backing into the ridge. In tandem. Snip. Snap. Snout. You are out!

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