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[–] Tailz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

NO FARTING ON THE ROADS

[–] troed@fedia.io 82 points 5 days 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 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

yeah all three. we have none of those roadsigns.

[–] Nikko882@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Farts on Troll is my new fantasy metal band name

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 35 points 5 days ago

Sweden is very real.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 45 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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 5 days ago (5 children)

Smäll is impact but it's pronounced smell.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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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[–] drre@feddit.org 35 points 5 days 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 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

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

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)
[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 days 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 5 days ago

Dam that's funny what's her number

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[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days 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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[–] Michal@programming.dev 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

For example "mist" in German means "dung" or "crap". Imagine what a German must think when they see a shower head for sale advertise its "mist" setting.

https://www.linguee.com/german-english/translation/mist.html

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)
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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago

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

[–] patchworkneuron@sopuli.xyz 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 days 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

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Being married is gift as well.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

"Dot" in Swedish is prick.

You're welcome.

[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 14 points 5 days ago

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

[–] Linkalee@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days 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 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

And kurva in swedish, nevermind...

[–] djmikeale@lemm.ee 10 points 5 days ago

Last week i passed by the Danish city Middelfart.

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (3 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 5 days 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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[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

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

[–] Zealousideal_Fox_900@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Saatan, perkele.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

If you had tried for Danish you would be crying twice as hard. Unless you're like Geordie or Scottish, then you might have had a chance.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Farts will never not be funny.

[–] plim@feddit.dk 2 points 5 days ago

it is what unites us all. there is not a single culture on this planet that will not giggle at farts.

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

what about shart.

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