Is it just me…?

Is it just me (and very likely Widmann 😉 ) who gets excited when I first encounter a word that is almost the same in another language as in my native Danish, and then start speculating about the etymology of the word? This morning I encountered the Dutch “splinternieuw,” which in Danish is “splinterny.” The […]

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Ceres Hof

I denne artikel vil forfatteren invitere læseren til at deltage i udforskningen i et af disse sproglige fænomener. Til denne udforskning, bør læseren anskaffe sig 3 ting: 1 styk Ceres Top pilsner, 1 styk Grøn Tuborg pilsner samt 1 styk Carlsberg Hof Pilsner. Bund nu disse og anskaf Dem 3 nye.

Det fænomen, vi sammen vil udforske, er de folkelige kælenavne for disse tre produkter. […]

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