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Izzybelle Posted Apr 1, 2004
Thanks for making me feel welcome!
Yes Inkwash, you got it right!
And I agree Pierce, it´s not necessary.
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Apr 2, 2004
very diplomatic, izzybelle 
you should fit in here nicely
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Hati Posted Apr 2, 2004
With diplomacy? 
I'd think one could use 
and 
here more often...
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Apr 2, 2004
see what i mean, izzybelle?
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Mr. Carrot Posted Apr 2, 2004
Drunk on a Friday morning??? Impressive...
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Inkwash Posted Apr 2, 2004
I've always thought it was an odd tendency for countries to have different names for places than what the inhabitants themselves call the place, though I can see why it happens.
Pierce, am I right in thinking you're Danish? I'm suddenly reminded of Elsinore while we're on the subject.
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Apr 2, 2004
his passport is anyway 
does the nickname Pølseperker mean anything to you?
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Izzybelle Posted Apr 2, 2004
Well, Inkwash in the case of Göteborg-Gothenburg it because not alot of languages has å ä ö... i´d guess.
spelling... well as long as we understand each other I´m not bothered.
Pierce are you having a Hof?
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Bagheera: Spellchecker, Grammarian Pedant, Semiquavering Secretary and member of the Punctuation Police Posted Apr 2, 2004
If I remember rightly, Pierce will be more grateful for a Nykøbing Blå
Is there any special 
beer for someone who hasn't posted for a while but is hoping to start a new job soon in Göteborg?
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Izzybelle Posted Apr 2, 2004
A Hof or a Tuborg? - Denmark isn´t far away. In this town many "beer-buying-journeys" are made with the ferry to Fredikshavn, in Denmark.
A pint of Guinness, there are a few Irish pubs in town...
And the local brewed(? use to be brewed locally anyway) Pripps
New job in Gothenburg?
Are you moving here?
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Bagheera: Spellchecker, Grammarian Pedant, Semiquavering Secretary and member of the Punctuation Police Posted Apr 2, 2004
Yes, Izzybelle, last week's interview went well and we hope to move before the start of "höst-terminen" (teaching post, international English-speaking school)
For taste, I like the non-alcoholic Pripps varieties (but I'd still go for the Nykøbing Blå if it was still being produced!! 
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Bagheera: Spellchecker, Grammarian Pedant, Semiquavering Secretary and member of the Punctuation Police Posted Apr 3, 2004
Thanks, Izzybelle! Guinness & other beers on the 'menu' at "The Rover" (nr. Jarntorget)
Watch this space: you're welcome to join me, missus and bro-in-law there for a welcome drink some time in August-September
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Izzybelle Posted Apr 3, 2004
I know the Rover, I´ll be there! 
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Apr 3, 2004
re: posting 1791
i was drinking grolsch at the time.
and kilkenny.
and guiness
a "perker" is modern slang for an immigrant with dark skin. i'm not 100 percent sure where the word came from, but i guess it has something to do with persia. obviously it wasn't a nice word to begin with, but now a lot of the perkers themselves use it with pride.
"pølse" means sausage in danish, so obviously a pølseperker is an immigrant from - germany, of course
in english the term would probably be "a borderline kraut" 
end of lesson
ps: bagheera is right, nykøbing 
was the best. the substitute they are brewing now in the neighbouring town maribo isn't exactly bad, but it will never be the same 
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tartaronne Posted Apr 4, 2004
I think that 'perker' is a contraction of paki (pakistaner/pakistani) and tyrker (turk) = perker. The first foreign workers in Denmark with another skin colour. The Yugoslavs were - like the other nationalities - invited to work in Denmark around the same time - but they looked a lot more like us.
So the insult is even harsher than a degrading nickname. You don't even bother to be interested enough to know from which country or part of the world people actually come from! They are all 'perkers' alike - whether they come from the south of Italy, North Africa, the Middle East or the Far East.
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Northern_Rebellion Posted Apr 14, 2004
Another Scandinavian in the bunch
I'm from Norway
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- 1781: Izzybelle (Apr 1, 2004)
- 1782: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1783: Hati (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1784: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1785: Hati (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1786: Mr. Carrot (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1787: Hati (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1788: Inkwash (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1789: Santragenius V (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1790: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1791: Izzybelle (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1792: Bagheera: Spellchecker, Grammarian Pedant, Semiquavering Secretary and member of the Punctuation Police (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1793: Izzybelle (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1794: Bagheera: Spellchecker, Grammarian Pedant, Semiquavering Secretary and member of the Punctuation Police (Apr 2, 2004)
- 1795: Izzybelle (Apr 3, 2004)
- 1796: Bagheera: Spellchecker, Grammarian Pedant, Semiquavering Secretary and member of the Punctuation Police (Apr 3, 2004)
- 1797: Izzybelle (Apr 3, 2004)
- 1798: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Apr 3, 2004)
- 1799: tartaronne (Apr 4, 2004)
- 1800: Northern_Rebellion (Apr 14, 2004)
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