Comments for Norwegian Language Blog http://www.transparent.com/norwegian Language and Culture of the Norwegian-Speaking World Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:21:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Think, think, and think-why 3? by Nikki http://www.transparent.com/norwegian/think-think-and-think-why-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1107 Nikki Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:21:32 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/norwegian/?p=16#comment-1107 I've been looking for something to explain this for the longest time. Tusen takk! I’ve been looking for something to explain this for the longest time. Tusen takk!

]]> Comment on Butter Shortage in Norway by Dagfinn http://www.transparent.com/norwegian/butter-shortage-in-norway/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 Dagfinn Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:57:32 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/norwegian/?p=1351#comment-1105 A few pointers: We do not do julebaking but julebakst or we baker til jul. It is one lefse, two lefser and so on. We do not blame the matbutikker but we blame the matbutikkene (actually we do not blame them but that is another story). A fact in the end; this is due to a sudden but now widely popular diet of low carbo which made the demand skyrocket all of a sudden. A few pointers:

We do not do julebaking but julebakst or we baker til jul.

It is one lefse, two lefser and so on.

We do not blame the matbutikker but we blame the matbutikkene (actually we do not blame them but that is another story).

A fact in the end; this is due to a sudden but now widely popular diet of low carbo which made the demand skyrocket all of a sudden.

]]> Comment on Forlovelse-Norwegian for Engagement by Dagfinn http://www.transparent.com/norwegian/forlovelse-norwegian-for-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 Dagfinn Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:46:27 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/norwegian/?p=1358#comment-1104 As this is a language site I am a bit set back that the texts on here shows quite a few language errors (I am a native Norwegian) - makes me wonder if it is so all around and I learn similar mistakes when I try to make myself understood in Russian? All the best for your upcoming marriage! As this is a language site I am a bit set back that the texts on here shows quite a few language errors (I am a native Norwegian) – makes me wonder if it is so all around and I learn similar mistakes when I try to make myself understood in Russian?

All the best for your upcoming marriage!

]]> Comment on Norwegians Know Good Bread by Sanne http://www.transparent.com/norwegian/norwegians-know-good-bread/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 Sanne Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:38:54 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/norwegian/?p=235#comment-1102 The Norwegian poet Jan Erik Vold has precisely summed up the whole nations apprecation for a good loaf of bread in his poem Tale for loffen- an ode of praise to the Norwegan brød. :) Tale for loffen Jeg vil holde en tale for de tykke og de smale - nei det vil jeg ikke, jeg vil snakke om loffen, vår alles venn i brødveien, loffen sprø og fersk og rykende varm like fra butikken, som man stakk fingeren inn i og grov ut varmt deilig hvitt loffestoff og kom opp med etter handelen, loff åpnet av papiret i den ene enden og utminert alt hva en tiårs pekefinger formår, skorpens gylne nybakthet lå vernende omkring og skjulte loffhulens åpning et stakket sekund - hva min mor kunne ha sagt i sakens anledning er glemt, levende tilbake står loffens varme innside, man blir tykk av å spise loff, sies det, det er ikke sunt - mulig det mulig det! men viktigere er det (som jeg tror) at man blir blid av å spise loff, spør nå det første blide menneske du treffer om han liker loff. Vent så bare på svaret. (Eller spør meg!) Jan Erik Vold The Norwegian poet Jan Erik Vold has precisely summed up the whole nations apprecation for a good loaf of bread in his poem Tale for loffen- an ode of praise to the Norwegan brød. :)

Tale for loffen

Jeg vil holde en tale
for de tykke og de smale – nei
det vil jeg ikke, jeg vil snakke
om loffen, vår alles venn
i brødveien, loffen
sprø og fersk og rykende varm like
fra butikken, som man stakk fingeren inn i og grov ut
varmt deilig hvitt
loffestoff og kom opp med
etter handelen, loff
åpnet av papiret i den ene enden og utminert
alt hva en tiårs pekefinger
formår, skorpens gylne nybakthet lå vernende omkring
og skjulte loffhulens åpning
et stakket sekund – hva min mor
kunne ha sagt i sakens anledning
er glemt, levende tilbake
står loffens varme innside, man blir tykk
av å spise loff, sies det, det er ikke sunt – mulig
det mulig det! men viktigere er det (som jeg tror)
at man blir blid
av å spise loff, spør nå det første
blide menneske du treffer
om han liker loff.
Vent så bare
på svaret.
(Eller spør meg!)

Jan Erik Vold

]]> Comment on Andreas Viestad by ROSELINE http://www.transparent.com/norwegian/andreas-viestad/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 ROSELINE Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:32:14 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/norwegian/?p=378#comment-1098 NORWEGIAN CUISINE REMINDS ME OF MY STAY UP THERE. SIMPLY GREAT NORWEGIAN CUISINE REMINDS ME OF MY STAY UP THERE. SIMPLY GREAT

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