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Re: Auction: 4564 and 4555 Train sets; Update 8
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lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.pun
Date: 
Sat, 15 May 1999 21:04:59 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.NOSPAMnet
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Hugo Matre wrote:

In lugnet.market.auction, John Neal writes:
Yeah har icky var in Norge.  Howz' that?;-)

That's fine. The only word I understand is "Norge". :-))

Hugo

Really?  That was a phrase my freshman college roommate used to say
after having taken first semester Norwegian.  I think he claimed it was
the *only* phrase he learned in Norwegian;-)  It was supposed to say "I
have never been to Norway"-- how would one write that correctly?  BTW
you might get a kick out of this, Hugo-- my alma mater is St. Olaf
College AND my wife is 100% Norwegian (maiden name Odland).  So, we got
*that* in common.  Now, let's talk about how much Sweden sucks;-)

-John



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Auction: 4564 and 4555 Train sets; Update 8
 
(...) Nah, It's not that bad. In Norwegian it would be: "Jeg har ikke vært i Norge." I'm trying to see if I can explain how the words should be said, but it's a bit hard. --"Jeg": Almost like "Yay!", except that the "e" should be said like in (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
  Re: Auction: 4564 and 4555 Train sets; Update 8
 
(...) Jeg har ikke vært i Norge. (...) Poor Sweden. Our big brother who can't get anything right now. Spescially sports. Don't make things worse for them :-) I think Odland is a name from the southern part of Norway. I am from the northern part. (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

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  Re: Auction: 4564 and 4555 Train sets; Update 8
 
(...) That's fine. The only word I understand is "Norge". :-)) Hugo (26 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

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