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• Strange Norwegian names.
  
  Great chat-up line.
  Randi (F) and Willy (M).
• Strange Norwegian names.
  
  Clever, these Norwegians
  Bård (M) - pronounced “board”. A useful name. There are bård-meetings, houses can be bårded-up, and you can buy surf-bårds. One can get extremely bored being teased about being Bård.
• Strange Norwegian customs.
  
  Who are you and what are you like?
  Stare at people as you pass them on a walk.
• Strange Norwegian names.
  
  Which side of the border are you on anyway?
  Britt (F). As opposed to a Scot(t).
• Strange Norwegian words.
  
  Was it an asocial or an antisocial habit?
  Fart. Expensive in excess, not smelly. (Fart means speed)
• Strange Norwegian customs.
  
  How to talk at a Norwegian party 1
  Mm-mmh and ja with a sharp intake of breath
• Unfortunate Norwegian abbreviations.
  
  Who got there first?
  Health and Safety in Norwegian is Helse Miljoe og Sikkerhet, abbreviated to HMS. What would Elisabeth II have to say about this, I wonder?
• Strange Norwegian names.
  
  No comment.
  Bent (M). Enough said, really.
• Strange Norwegian words.
  
  Spam, anyone?
  Bog. A type of ham, singularly unappetising otherwise.
• Strange Norwegian words.
  
  Topical illness these days. Many swines on the road, too.
  Pigg. As far as I know, they don’t use pork products in tyres. (Piggdekk are studded winter tyres)
• Strange Norwegian customs.
  
  Manners, please!
  Zip in front of someone through an open door so it closes in their face behind you.
• Strange Norwegian names.
  
  Flower-power in Norwegian
  Gro (F). She must be a wonderful Gardener.
• Strange Norwegian words.
  
  Very tasty, surely?
  Sodd. A meat-dish, rather than a mound of earth.
• Strange Norwegian words.
  
  Remember to put them out at night.
  Boss. Yes, some of them can be rubbish.
• Strange Norwegian words.
  
  Yes, it is expensive to eat out in Norway.
  Fat. Don’t take offence, you have to serve food on something. (Fat means tray)
• Strange Norwegian names.
  
  An unfortunate combination
  Bent Ove
• Eccentric Norwegian expressions.
  
  Are they not sure not sure?
  Why do Norwegians always say hei hei?
• Strange Norwegian names.
  
  Yes, he is Even Odd
  Odd (M). As good for your maths as nr. 6, canon-fodder, Sodd (see above), and “hello, I’m Odd” (or Bent, make up your mind).
• Strange Norwegian words.
  
  Doubtful on a first date
  Titt. It means “look”.
• Strange Norwegian customs.
  
  The packed lunch
  Sweaty cheese on a slice of soggy bread with a carefully diced piece of pepper and no napkin.
• Strange Norwegian words.
  
  Useful if you are not quite sure
  Suit in Norwegian is a dress.
• Strange Norwegian customs.
  
  Happens most days
  Driving!
• Strange Norwegian names.
  
  Poor thing, always footing the bill.
  Mats (M). Oh, let me see, car mats, floor mats…
• Strange Norwegian customs.
  
  How to talk at a Norwegian party 2
  Sit in silence with your fellow guests, contemplating for 10 minutes
• Unfortunate Norwegian abbreviations.
  
  Could this solve the population count in Norway?
  Every year, artists can apply for a grant from the Fond For Utoevende Kunstnere. It is abbreviated to FFUK.