Archive for February, 2013
Denmark at the Oscars Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Feb 28, 2013
Did you watch the Oscars last Sunday? This year, many danskere were following the American movie award show with a lot of spænding (excitement). Hvorfor? (Why?) Perhaps you noticed that a Danish film had been nominated in the category ”Best Foreign Language Film”… If you’ve been following this blog, it should be no overraskelse (surprise)…
How to hiccup like a Dane… Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Feb 20, 2013
A non-Dane once left a Danish language course in Copenhagen just a wee bit frustreret (frustrated): How was he ever going to learn a language where you didn’t know whether you were crying mor! (mother!) or mord! (murder!)? However, there is a difference between the two words (and it’s not the d, which in this case is silent)! The first one is pronounced…
Buns Up Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Feb 10, 2013
It’s fastelavn [fast-eh-LAOON]! Last year I told you about this fun tradition, where children all over Denmark klæder sig ud (dress up) and pound a hanging barrel with a bat until the slik (candy) comes out. (This is called at slå katten af tønden, which roughly means ”beating the cat out of the barrel”. People say that many years ago, there used…