23 August 2019

In Sweden, a "fart" can go backwards or forwards


Explained at Neatorama.

7 comments:

  1. Asano SokatoAugust 23, 2019 at 9:08 PM

    In English, a bakåt fart is called a hiccup.

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  2. DrabkikkerAugust 24, 2019 at 6:46 AM

    Lol. Even if you know it's Swedish it's still funny. :)

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  3. KurtAugust 24, 2019 at 5:25 PM

    I've always liked the German phrase, "volle Fahrt voraus!" (Full speed ahead)

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  4. AnonymousAugust 24, 2019 at 9:51 PM

    If you go full fart ahead, you'd better give a toot on the whistle to warn people.

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  5. AnonymousAugust 26, 2019 at 8:19 AM

    Obviously a cognate for the German "Fahrt"--trip, or drive, or in this case, maximum drive.

    Lurker111

    BTW, if you know German and English, I've found that you can _decipher_ Dutch, though it may take some thinking and some reading-out-loud to get what the Dutch is saying. Works about 90%+ of the time.

    Lurker111

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    1. DrabkikkerAugust 29, 2019 at 9:35 AM

      The root exists in English too: fare, as in farewell etc. Ferry and ford are also related: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/fare

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    2. MinnesotastanAugust 29, 2019 at 3:08 PM

      Interesting - I didn't know that. Thanks.

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