22 Comments

1. 
   Posted September 10, 2010 at 11:29 am by Nicci Petersön | Permalink
   
   

   Loved this article Diane. I often speak Danish when at home with my parents (they live here in Australia now) and it’s a delight to see the faces of friends as they try to suppress their laughter at our conversation, even though they have no idea about what we are saying.
   Most laugh and say, “there they go speaking swedish chef again!”.

2. 
   Posted September 10, 2010 at 11:51 am by Asfora | Permalink
   
   

   Congratulations on your first blog post for denmark.dk!

3. 
   Posted September 10, 2010 at 1:19 pm by Diane Hansen-Ingram | Permalink
   
   

   Hi Nicci

   Tee hee, I love the Swedish chef…I even have a recipe for ‘Hurdy Gurdy’ Swedish Sausage Stew on my blog… http://www.dianedenmark.com/2009/08/hurdy-gurdy-swedish-sausage-stew.html

   Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! Hope you’ll come back soon? ;D

4. 
   Posted September 10, 2010 at 1:20 pm by Diane Hansen-Ingram | Permalink
   
   

   Hey Asfora, glad you found me over here! xoxo

5. 
   Posted September 10, 2010 at 5:46 pm by Anna Maren | Permalink
   
   

   Well, I’m glad I’m not the only one laughing at these things. Danish has the most funny sounding words out of all the languages I know. Some others that I used to laugh at when I lived there (beware: I was 20, so they were all very funny):

   Slut: finish/exit
   Slutspurt: Clearance Sale
   Bådfart: Boat Speed?
   Fartpilot: Cruise Control
   Hår: Sounds bad…

   I could probably think of more, but for your sake I won’t.

   Thanks for the great blog!

6. 
   Posted September 10, 2010 at 8:00 pm by Ida Chiavaro | Permalink
   
   

   Middlefart, the name of a town on Fyn, is my favourite so far

7. 
   Posted September 11, 2010 at 3:49 pm by Diane | Permalink
   
   

   Hi Anna Maren!

   Tee hee, I had forgotten about ‘slut’! Those are great, keep them coming!

8. 
   Posted September 11, 2010 at 3:49 pm by Sam (Sippies71) | Permalink
   
   

   Hi Diane, I know if my husband visited he would love to hit the “i fart” button. Great post full of giggles.

9. 
   Posted September 11, 2010 at 3:50 pm by Diane | Permalink
   
   

   Hi Ida!

   Next time I’m in Jutland visiting family I shall make sure to try and get a snap of a Middlefart sign…

   Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment

10. 
    Posted September 11, 2010 at 3:52 pm by Diane | Permalink
    
    

    Ooooo,thanks for coming to visit me here, Sam – I know you’ve come a long way (baby)! ;D

11. 
    Posted September 14, 2010 at 9:38 am by Thomas | Permalink
    
    

    He he.. I’m Danish, and I always get the same laugh when I’m in an elevator with a big ‘I FART’ sign on the wall.
    But I don’t.. honestly..

12. 
    Posted September 19, 2010 at 6:44 am by Vibeke | Permalink
    
    

    What about the sign, I saw on the Feggesund Ferry:

    God overfart?

    LOL

13. 
    Posted September 19, 2010 at 6:45 am by Vibeke | Permalink
    
    

    Here’s a link:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/8474828@N03/1418651699/in/set-72157602102303198/

14. 
    Posted September 19, 2010 at 10:00 pm by Diane | Permalink
    
    

    Hi Thomas! We’re just going to take your word for it, aren’t we?! ;D

15. 
    Posted September 19, 2010 at 10:01 pm by Diane | Permalink
    
    

    Hi Vibeke!

    That is a fantastic photo – love it!!!

16. 
    Posted December 26, 2010 at 5:41 pm by The Wood's | Permalink
    
    

    Can Americans in good standing as citizens immigrate to Denmark?

17. 
    Posted December 26, 2010 at 5:46 pm by The Wood's | Permalink
    
    

    Does anyone know,
    Birgit Kiargaard
    Molvangvej 22
    7300 Felling
    Denmark ?

18. 
    Posted January 22, 2011 at 12:40 pm by Connie Cassidy | Permalink
    
    

    I’m interested to know if it’s possible to copy a paragraph of this publication to use for my school project.

19. 
    Posted January 25, 2011 at 10:09 am by Diane | Permalink
    
    

    Hi Connie – you’re welcome to copy a paragraph if you add the source

20. 
    Posted April 7, 2011 at 11:49 am by joy | Permalink
    
    

    I tried so many times how to pronounce the Danish alphabet but sad to say i cant pronounce correctly.
    the first word ive learned from my Danish bf was “takk” or thank u.

    for more than 4 years that weve together still i cant speak fluent Danish..

21. 
    Posted April 7, 2011 at 8:22 pm by Karen | Permalink
    
    

    Being Danish, I never made the connection betweet fart (dk) and fart (en) nor slut (dk) and slut (en)

    Just goes to show how narrow minded you are concerning your own language.

22. 
    Posted June 27, 2011 at 11:30 am by Mathilde, age 16 | Permalink
    
    

    I have never thought about the danish words like that! But it’s funny (:

    - I am from Denmark