{"id":1712,"date":"2014-07-27T22:18:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T22:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2014-07-27T22:18:46","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T22:18:46","slug":"ylvis-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/ylvis-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Ylvis Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"By EspenM (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0) or GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons\" href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3AYlvis.jpg\" aria-label=\"Ylvis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\"  alt=\"Ylvis\" width=\"265\" height=\"187\" \/ src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/71\/Ylvis.jpg\"><\/a>After Ylvis had the whole world wondering <span style=\"font-style: italic\">WHAT DOES THE <a title=\"The new Gangnam style is Norwegian\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/the-new-gangnam-style-is-norwegian\/\">FOX<\/a> SAY?<\/span> back in September 2013, the Norwegian comedy band have been enjoying global stardom. They have been guests at American talkshows, and their other songs have received many clicks on YouTube. <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Selv om de synger p\u00e5 engelsk<\/span> (even if they sing in English), there are a couple of words and cultural references which may confuse Non-Norwegians. <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Jeg skal pr\u00f8ve \u00e5 forklare dem: <\/span>(I\u2019ll try to explain them:)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 600\">The Cabin\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ylvis - The Cabin [Official music video HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ua1FAlHt_Ys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 This is a perfect parody of <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">hytta<\/span>, the place where many Norwegians go when they have some days off and need to relax. The point is to enjoy <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">naturen <\/span>(Nature) and spend some quality time with your family or friends. With all the beautiful sceneries in Norway, you don\u2019t need a lot of entertainment, a game of <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">kinasjakk<\/span> (china chess) or a <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">kortspill <\/span>(a deck of cards) might be enough. Many people keep their cabins a bit \u201dprimitive\u201d on purpose, even if they could afford to buy new cutlery etc. An awful lot of Norwegians seem to have this romantic idea of conquering steep mountains, being alone in the woods among wild animals, etc. To people who haven\u2019t spent time in Norway I guess Ylvis are quite right that the whole <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">hytte<\/span> thing may look like a joke! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 At 3:53 there are the strange lyrics <span style=\"font-style: italic\">You know there\u2019s no such thing as bad weather\/Only bad kleather<\/span>.This is a fun way of \u201dtranslating\u201d a proverb every Norwegian knows: <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Det finnes ikke d\u00e5rlig v\u00e6r\/Bare d\u00e5rlige kl\u00e6r.<\/span> \u201dThere\u2019s no bad weather, only bad clothes.\u201d (Strangely, Norwegian children aren\u2019t always motivated when their parents tell them this!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Jan Egeland<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ylvis - Jan Egeland [Official music video HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yn-oemgzlEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 182px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"By Johnppap (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons\" href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3AJePak_(128).jpg\" aria-label=\"256px JePak %28128%29\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"JePak (128)\" width=\"172\" height=\"258\" \/ src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3b\/JePak_%28128%29.jpg\/256px-JePak_%28128%29.jpg\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The real Jan Egeland.<\/p><\/div>\u2022 Mr. Egeland is a Norwegian politician who\u2019s done a lot of work as <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">fredsmegler<\/span> (peace mediator) in <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">FN<\/span> (Forente Nasjoner = United Nations). I guess the rest Ylvis are singing about him is a bit exaggerated, but anyway, it\u2019s nice that they highlight one of all those silent, hardworking <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">helter<\/span> (heroes) you don\u2019t normally hear about. The fun part here for Norwegians is the mock-American pronunciation: In Norwegian, the name is pronounced [yaan EHghelann] (hard G and dark A\u2019s).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Oslo treaty plan<\/span> refers to the \u201dOslo Accord\u201d in 1993. It was an attempt to make <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">fred<\/span> (peace) between Israelis and Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Gahr St\u00f8re<\/span> refers to Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re, who used to be the Norwegian <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">utenriksminister<\/span> (Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2005-2012).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Not a daddy\u2019s boy like Jens<\/span> refers to the former <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">statsminister<\/span> (PM) Jens Stoltenberg [Yens\u2026], the son of the legendary politician Thorvald Stoltenberg.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 600\">And finally\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 600\">\u2022 Ylvis<\/span> is pronounced with the same vowel sound as in <span style=\"font-weight: 600\">lys<\/span>: Round your lips to blow a kiss, then say <span style=\"font-style: italic\">eee<\/span> without changing your lips\u2019 position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Ylvis had the whole world wondering WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY? back in September 2013, the Norwegian comedy band have been enjoying global stardom. They have been guests at American talkshows, and their other songs have received many clicks on YouTube. 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