Comments on: Don’t Blame the Americans for this One! http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dont-blame-the-americans-for-this-one/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:29:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Julia http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dont-blame-the-americans-for-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-364036 Julia Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:37:38 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1146#comment-364036 Nevermind, the sign no longer appears on the top of the page so the link between the title of the webpage and the picture visible here were obviously just a coincidence :-) Nevermind, the sign no longer appears on the top of the page so the link between the title of the webpage and the picture visible here were obviously just a coincidence :-)

]]> By: Julia http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dont-blame-the-americans-for-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-364034 Julia Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:33:48 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1146#comment-364034 Uh, the use of this sign kind of makes the author look bad. This is not a mis-use on the part of the Norwegians!!! "Her" is the Norwegian word for "here". The sign is simply a mixture of using the English phrase and combining it with Norwegian. Only the top phrase is in English, all the other words are in Norwegian! Take it from an American who has been living in Oslo for over a decade, this is not a mistake--it just shows that the author doesn't have a cultural understanding of Norwegian! Uh, the use of this sign kind of makes the author look bad. This is not a mis-use on the part of the Norwegians!!!

“Her” is the Norwegian word for “here”. The sign is simply a mixture of using the English phrase and combining it with Norwegian. Only the top phrase is in English, all the other words are in Norwegian!

Take it from an American who has been living in Oslo for over a decade, this is not a mistake–it just shows that the author doesn’t have a cultural understanding of Norwegian!

]]> By: Malcolm R. Campbell http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dont-blame-the-americans-for-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-53816 Malcolm R. Campbell Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:41:18 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1146#comment-53816 My goodness, not everyone knows a lot of the other languages that have words that have been pulled into English. Are we to throw it all out and begin anew, I wonder? My goodness, not everyone knows a lot of the other languages that have words that have been pulled into English. Are we to throw it all out and begin anew, I wonder?

]]> By: PreciseEdit http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dont-blame-the-americans-for-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-53791 PreciseEdit Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:48:33 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1146#comment-53791 Fiat Lux, i.e., let the light shine on simple minds, weak intellects, misguided leaders, etc. Fiat Lux, i.e., let the light shine on simple minds, weak intellects, misguided leaders, etc.

]]> By: Bill Womack http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dont-blame-the-americans-for-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-53615 Bill Womack Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:42:12 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1146#comment-53615 It's sad to see so many productive, useful words being laid off in the great cultural restructuring. Those that are left are invariably saddled with greater responsibility, leading to a language whose words stumble home at the end of each day, too exhausted to play with their children. The fewer words we use, the more meaning that must be crammed into each one, until finally they collapse under the weight of confusion, and obfuscation becomes the status quo. Oops, I was accidentally elitist. C'est la vie. It’s sad to see so many productive, useful words being laid off in the great cultural restructuring. Those that are left are invariably saddled with greater responsibility, leading to a language whose words stumble home at the end of each day, too exhausted to play with their children. The fewer words we use, the more meaning that must be crammed into each one, until finally they collapse under the weight of confusion, and obfuscation becomes the status quo.

Oops, I was accidentally elitist. C’est la vie.

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