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[–] 67 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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    In Sweden, we use the words "infart" and "utfart" to for entrance and exit respectively when using them in a car context.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Corresponding words in German would be Einfahrt and Ausfahrt.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Also other Germanic languages.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Origin

    I timestamped it at the relevant clip, but I HIGHLY recommend watching the rest as well! 😁

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    While the word "speed" indeed is "fart" in Norwegian, the movie "Speed" was released as "Speed" in Norway.

    The poster is photoshoped, as one easily can tell by the premiere date in the bottom of the poster. The date "June 10" would've been written as "10. juni" in Norway.

    Today, most movies not primarily marketed for children are released with their English titles in Norway. And back when the movies were translated to Norwegian, the titles were often not direct translations. In fact, the Norwegian Wikipedia-article for Speed makes an interesting claim about the the 1975 Japanese movie Speed was based on. While known in Japan as "Shinkansen daibakuha", and as "The Bullet Train" in English speaking countries, the article claims that the Norwegian title was "Expressen er lastet med...... dynamitt!", directly translated as "The Express is loaded with... dynamite!". I can't find any sources to support this claim, but it does follow the norm of translated titles of the time.

    Other translated Norwegian film titles include "Airplane!" as "Hjelp, vi flyr!" (Help, we are flying!), "Die Hard" as "Aksjon skyskraper" (Operation Skyscraper), and "Deliverance" as "Piknik med døden" (Picnic with Death).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They must've been pissed when the next die hard was in an airport.

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  • They had the golden opportunity to name it "Aksjon flyplass" (Operation Airport), but went with Die Hard 2. But they returned (without a vengance) for the third Die Hard, which they named "Die Hard i New York" (Die Hard in New York). Similar to how "You Only Live Twice" was titled "James Bond i Japan" in Norway.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city keeping its speed over 50 and if it's speed dropped, it would explode. I think it was called "the bus that couldn't slow down"

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    I'm more concerned about "røsh tid" personally.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (10 children)
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    tid translates to time. Hour translates to time.

    Enjoy your aneurism.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Another for you. In Denmark, we have bicycle traffic lights and they sometimes show you how long it'll take until the light is green. They say

    Tid til grøn

    Which is almost pronounced "til ti grøn"

    Always makes me laugh a little

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    til ti grøn

    As a non-Dane, what's funny about this?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Tid is pronounced til, and til is pronounced ti

    Idk, it's not much but I find it silly

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's the reverse of Norwegian where "tid" is pronounced "tea"(english) and "til" is pronounced between "teal"(English) and "till"(english). The "d" is silent.

    But the Danish pronunciation is a little confusing because the d in tid is pronounced and is done so like an English "L", at least in this instance while the "L" is silent.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    that is what i would ask him to autograph 100%

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Please tell me where's a Norwegian trailer where a gritty-voiced narrator says the title. Please please please please

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    If you have a lighter handy it can help you go faster.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I made a tutorial video for a twin stick and one of the dudes I was chatting with told me that my username means crude thing. Or something, it was a while ago.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    "Fart" synopsis:

    Howard Payne gets on a fully packed bus he glued the windows and the doors shut right after he ate a lot of broccoli, cabbage, beans, etc., with the hopes of being able to extort $10 million from the police...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Sandy b farted so hard in this one

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    How do you think he gets the extra propulsion to go so fast?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    You've obviously neverheard of the illustrious 8th century Norwegian King, Eystein the Fart.

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  • [+] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)