Subject:
|
Re: Auction: 4564 and 4555 Train sets; Update 8
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.pun
|
Date:
|
Sun, 16 May 1999 19:14:33 GMT
|
Reply-To:
|
johnneal@uswest.net=Spamcake=
|
Viewed:
|
71 times
|
| |
|
|
Hugo Matre wrote:
> >
> > 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?
>
> Jeg har ikke vært i Norge.
>
> > 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;-)
>
> Poor Sweden. Our big brother who can't get anything right now. Spescially
> sports. Don't make things worse for them :-)
> --------------------------------------------
> ---------------------------------Especially
> I think Odland is a name from the southern part of Norway. I am from the
> northern part.
>
> Hugo
Yes, her relatives live in Stavanger and Oslo. BTW, I hope you weren't
offended by my joke about your spelling. I admire individuals who are
bilingual; in fact my kids are enrolled in a French immersion elementary
school (I would have preferred Spanish, but French was the language offered
by my community).
-John
|
|
Message has 2 Replies:
Message is in Reply To:
32 Messages in This Thread:
  
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
