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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.

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