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D.o.S. wrote:Also if we do Denmark I can be exposed to another local tradition that I think I understand but am told that I do not:
http://hyggehouse.com/hygge

Having it hyggelig is the same in Norwegian. Just saying. Also, come here because I don't understand spoken Danish but Danes insist on talking Danish to Norwegians.

IIRC the Danish hygge word actually comes from Norwegian right? I love that concept. Why do you guys think I'm all about socks and blankets and hooded sweatshirts and scented candles. Cosyness is the key to happiness.

Also the Danes are really good about cycling urbanism, so I want to visit there and cycle a lot. The infrastructure is actually smart and very transferable to most cities unlike the Amsterdam cycling infrastructure. And the Danes are kinda excellent at design, and design is the smart way to enforce rules and policies. If it just makes sense and costs the user less, they'll just use it. I think we owe them a lot as Europeans too in terms of stopping socially régressive EU wide employment legislation. They just stop shit all the time because they want their unions to talk about it. Very interesting nation.

D.o.S. wrote:Also if we do Denmark I can be exposed to another local tradition that I think I understand but am told that I do not:
http://hyggehouse.com/hygge

As a native Denmarkian, I can say that "hygge" is hyped bullish.

UglyCasanova wrote:

D.o.S. wrote:Also if we do Denmark I can be exposed to another local tradition that I think I understand but am told that I do not:
http://hyggehouse.com/hygge

Having it hyggelig is the same in Norwegian. Just saying. Also, come here because I don't understand spoken Danish but Danes insist on talking Danish to Norwegians.

Danes (not including me) are fucked. Like, they'll try to really impress a swede by slipping a couple of swedish phrases into a conversation, even though the swede is only speaking in swedish. Cringe ensues.

Disarm D'arcy wrote:IIRC the Danish hygge word actually comes from Norwegian right? I love that concept. Why do you guys think I'm all about socks and blankets and hooded sweatshirts and scented candles. Cosyness is the key to happiness.

Nah man, the Norwegians totally stole it from us, even though some international media outlet recently said it was originally Norwegian. Booo.

Hey I know a couple of Danes that are super rad.

D.o.S. wrote:Hey I know a couple of Danes that are super rad.

Okay, a couple!

... ok you caught me it's literally one couple.

actualidiot wrote:

Disarm D'arcy wrote:IIRC the Danish hygge word actually comes from Norwegian right? I love that concept. Why do you guys think I'm all about socks and blankets and hooded sweatshirts and scented candles. Cosyness is the key to happiness.

Nah man, the Norwegians totally stole it from us, even though some international media outlet recently said it was originally Norwegian. Booo.

You guys refer to Christian the Tyrant as Christian the Great, so your historiography is questionnable at best.

actualidiot wrote:

Disarm D'arcy wrote:IIRC the Danish hygge word actually comes from Norwegian right? I love that concept. Why do you guys think I'm all about socks and blankets and hooded sweatshirts and scented candles. Cosyness is the key to happiness.

Nah man, the Norwegians totally stole it from us, even though some international media outlet recently said it was originally Norwegian. Booo.

Not really. If you want to trace it back to its roots, it's actually from the Norse words hyggja and hugr, meaning "mind" or "thoughts". Thanks, Norwegian etymology class!

I'm not sure I like your attitudes.

UglyCasanova wrote:

actualidiot wrote:

Disarm D'arcy wrote:IIRC the Danish hygge word actually comes from Norwegian right? I love that concept. Why do you guys think I'm all about socks and blankets and hooded sweatshirts and scented candles. Cosyness is the key to happiness.

Nah man, the Norwegians totally stole it from us, even though some international media outlet recently said it was originally Norwegian. Booo.

Not really. If you want to trace it back to its roots, it's actually from the Norse words hyggja and hugr, meaning "mind" or "thoughts". Thanks, Norwegian etymology class!

Haha, as if those biased norwegian etymology classes would ever admit that hygge derives from swedish

Brandsmannen wrote:

UglyCasanova wrote:

actualidiot wrote:

Disarm D'arcy wrote:IIRC the Danish hygge word actually comes from Norwegian right? I love that concept. Why do you guys think I'm all about socks and blankets and hooded sweatshirts and scented candles. Cosyness is the key to happiness.

Nah man, the Norwegians totally stole it from us, even though some international media outlet recently said it was originally Norwegian. Booo.

Not really. If you want to trace it back to its roots, it's actually from the Norse words hyggja and hugr, meaning "mind" or "thoughts". Thanks, Norwegian etymology class!

Haha, as if those biased norwegian etymology classes would ever admit that hygge derives from swedish

You do have a word for it, but it's "mysigt", right?

UglyCasanova wrote:

Brandsmannen wrote:

UglyCasanova wrote:

actualidiot wrote:

Disarm D'arcy wrote:IIRC the Danish hygge word actually comes from Norwegian right? I love that concept. Why do you guys think I'm all about socks and blankets and hooded sweatshirts and scented candles. Cosyness is the key to happiness.

Nah man, the Norwegians totally stole it from us, even though some international media outlet recently said it was originally Norwegian. Booo.

Not really. If you want to trace it back to its roots, it's actually from the Norse words hyggja and hugr, meaning "mind" or "thoughts". Thanks, Norwegian etymology class!

Haha, as if those biased norwegian etymology classes would ever admit that hygge derives from swedish

You do have a word for it, but it's "mysigt", right?

Mysigt is the best word. They have it in dutch too, it's gezellig. I'm beginning to think english is the only language without a word for it

perhaps because it doesn't need the need for an entire cultural mystique for the concept of actually living in your home.

Like, what the fuck is this.

Nothing puts more of an individual and familiar touch to a home than photographs and personally chosen art.

2. Books

"A home without books is like a body without a soul," they say. There’s certainly a point to that, possibly even more so today when physical books compete with tablets and digital products. And it's not just the inside that counts: a high pile of paperback books can create a beautiful, natural-coloured staple if they are placed with the pages outwards.

4. Sloppy bed making

Do you often flick through interior magazines and find that the unmade bed looks more welcoming? It takes more work and precision than you might think to create a perfect nonchalantly welcoming bed in wrinkled sheets.

5. Mismatched chairs

Do you find it difficult to decide which collection of dining table chairs is the one to bring home with you? Or have you not had enough time to save up the money for a whole set of expensive design classics? How lucky! Because actually, there is almost nothing that creates such a great feeling in a kitchen or dining room as a set of odd but well loved chairs.

Fire and candles

In our modern age, gathering around the campfire has almost died out completely as a type of social get together. Maybe that's why more than ever we look for apartments with well-preserved tile stoves and fireplaces. Because the burning fire actually has a particular impact on us with its natural light that sparkles and flickers. It obviously doesn’t have to be an entire fireplace for us to get the benefits of the fire, a set of candlesticks or a group of black candles work just as well and are cheaper.

http://www.thelocal.se/20161118/in-pict ... -cosy-home

I have books. And an unmade bed. And mismatched chairs. And a fucking painting of Haile Selassie (which may or may not have come with the apartment) And a fucking fireplace with fucking candles in the fucking fireplace! (efficiency!). You know what I don't have? A FUCKING WORD THAT SAYS "HOLY SHIT ISN'T IT GREAT WHEN YOU LIVE IN YOUR HOUSE AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT?"

Checkmate, Swine!

pink floyd is real good dudes