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[–] troed@fedia.io 83 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At least two, maybe all three, of those photos are from Norway.

But yeah, we have the same word. I do believe the fact that our trains have "slutstation" to be funnier.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah all three. we have none of those roadsigns.

[–] Nikko882@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Left one is Norwegian. E55 and E47 are not in Norway, but in Sweden and Denmark (Also would be "fartskontroll" in Norwegian). Max is spelt "maks" in Norwegian (Also it would be a compound word "maksfart"). It is possible that the two images on the right are fake, though.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

i think they're danish. sweden never uses "fart" to denote speed on signage, instead opting for "hastighet", and we also just use an image of a camera on the speed control sign.

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[–] Forester@pawb.social 46 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's not the fart that kills you. It's the smell

Fart is speed Smell is impact

[–] Flyingpeakock@lemm.ee 24 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Smäll is impact but it's pronounced smell.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I barely can communicate effectively in English sometimes. If I'm lucky I might get German across. ;p. Those are the only two words in swedish that I know.

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[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

Sweden is very real.

[–] drre@feddit.org 36 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

i don't know swedish at all but: in german there is the word "Fahrt" which may be understood as journey, but may also be used in a phrase like "wir machen zwölf Knoten Fahrt" (our speed is twelve knots).

(No idea why I'm writing this, but I'm not gonna delete it now)

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

When I visited Germany I laughed hard at every exit sign: Ass fart german for exit is ausfahrt

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

wolf knoten

I had a friend who liked to talk about her 'wolf knot' periodically. I still do, but we talk about her current exploits more lol

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Dam that's funny what's her number

[–] three@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Fahrt zum Kunstmuseum

T: Ride to the art museum

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

I will never tire of telling Americans that to a lot of British people, "President Trump" sounds like "President Fart", and that it makes no sense that you would elect someone called that, even if they weren't stupid, senile, shit their pants in public and batshit crazy.

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

End is slut. One that gets pointed out often is that terminal/final stop is slutstation

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

It's really important to fartkontrol when you go to the slutstation.

[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 15 points 2 weeks ago

I first discovered "Fart kontrol" when driving in Denmark in Euro truck sim 2. That was an amusing moment.

[–] patchworkneuron@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Also Swedish: semester means 'a vacation' and gift means 'poison'

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Being married is gift as well.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

gift means poison in a lot of northern European languages, actually. Fun fact: that's because 'gift' (in the sense of 'present') was used as a euphemism for poison so much, the original meaning faded eventually

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I fart, her til, mein teil.

what does it mean in this context? It looks like the emergency stop button, what does it have to do with speed?

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It is the panel outside of the elevator. "Fart" means speed and "I fart" means that the elevator is moving. Hertil means "to here" and is the button you use to summon the elevator to your floor.

Mein teil is when you have a friend over and you feel like barbeque, but the fridge is empty.

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[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"I fart" means "in movement", just an indicator that it's on its way, and "hertil" is as you guessed a combination of "her til" meaning "to here", that's the button you press to call the elevator.

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[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago

Probably 3/3 Norwegian signs as mentioned.

Usually, in the context of traffic, the word 'Hastighet' would be used, which roughly works out to be 'Hastiness' in English.

[–] Michal@programming.dev 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not like English doesn't have words that mean funny in other languages 🤷‍♂️

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[–] djmikeale@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago

Last week i passed by the Danish city Middelfart.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

"Dot" in Swedish is prick.

You're welcome.

[–] Linkalee@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I found a Swedish candy at World Market called Skum Bananer. I'm going to be calling bananas "banan/bananer" for a long time.

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[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The polish word for luck is either "szczęście" or the more casual "fart"

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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Farts will never not be funny.

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[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

The poster with “fart” and a bus coming out of an explosion behind Keanu lmao

[–] Zealousideal_Fox_900@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Cries in chose to learn Finnish instead of Swedish/Norweigan/Danish

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Saatan, perkele.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

what about shart.

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