Sunday, 20 October 2013

A Lannister always pays his tab

I haven't learned any cognates this week, but I did learn that in Danish and Estonian, to call someone 'blue-eyed' is to call them naive. I think it's a great metaphor, does it exist in English? Has anyone heard it used like that? Answers on a postcard.

Sunday, 13 October 2013

I wish I was at home for Christmas ... ♪

The band's called Balstyrko, if you would know its name.

Words from the week: The Danish call puffins 'sea parrots' which I think is adorable.
And a Badger is called a 'grævling', pronounced 'growling'. :D

Sunday, 6 October 2013

Fuck off back to Legoland

So any towns in England ending in by are Danish settlements. The Danish word for ugly is 'grim'. So who decided to call a place Grimsby? Turns out 'grim' can also mean mask. Which must be where we get 'grimace'.