Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
te ord
English translation:
divid ed words
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2013-04-07 20:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Apr 4, 2013 20:11
11 yrs ago
Norwegian term
te ord
Norwegian to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Ingenting gjør oss tristere enn del te ord og, unødvendige, komma, og eller, å feil.
'tea words'?
'tea words'?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +6 | divid ed words |
Norskpro
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| 5 +2 | delte |
Dawn Nixon
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Proposed translations
+6
17 mins
Selected
divid ed words
it is a word play on delte : del te
divided: divid ed / divi ded / div ided
The whole sentence seems to be made of intended mistakes to prove a point.
divided: divid ed / divi ded / div ided
The whole sentence seems to be made of intended mistakes to prove a point.
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+2
7 mins
Dawn Nixon
Norway
Norway
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Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English
delte
I think this is just an error in the source and it should read 'delte ord' = split words/words that are slit up.
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Note added at 19 mins (2013-04-04 20:31:10 GMT)
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Oh, that happens to most of us :) I see I've written 'slit' instead of 'split' too. but I guess you knew what I meant ;p
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Note added at 19 mins (2013-04-04 20:31:10 GMT)
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Oh, that happens to most of us :) I see I've written 'slit' instead of 'split' too. but I guess you knew what I meant ;p
Note from asker:
| Oh facepalm. Thanks Dawn. It's an intentional error. I'm just a blind idiot. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Egil Presttun
: Ja, ordet er delt med vilje. Her sikter man til "lamme lår" og "krabbe klør"
13 mins
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| agree |
Per Bergvall
7 hrs
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