Although they brag shamelessly about their craftsmanship, they do that without saying one bad word about another "nisse’s" work. On the contrary, they can brag just as much of another "nisse’s" handiwork. It’s the cleverness and artistry of their kind that matter, not which "nisse" ...
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) was a landmark recording for The Beatles, being one of the first Western pop songs to feature the sitar, an Indian instrument. It was written about an extra-marital relationship Lennon was having at the time.
- Mom! Look at that lady, she is enormous! - She is pregnant, not enormous! extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree, The word enormous contains within it, if you look closely, the root norm, as in normal. So what you’re saying when you call something ...
He looks to his uncle for advice whenever he is in trouble. It looks like I'm outnumbered here. I hate to do it but I'll withdraw my plan. My house, which I bought ten years ago, still looks new. This painting is nicely done. It looks just like Mom. We cannot tell a good per...
We’re so excited for them! The glowing Mom-to-be told me that she’d like “something different”. I’ve heard that a lot lately – so many soon-to-be parents want “something different”. But how different is their“different”? Some of you might be surprised to hear that one of...
Today I took my oral exams for my Norwegian class. I have my written exam on Thursday. Mom, dad, my sister, and uncle will arrive on Thursday and we will travel north to see the family farm, as well as visit other family. I have it on good authority that the family farm raises sp...
I would like to explain the word “kjerring” because I used to think it had a negative meaning until I asked my mom’s uncle after he called his wife kjerring. He told me that he calls her kjerring because he cares about her (glad i henne) and he explained that the word is put ...