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Second Swedish word of the day. Skogsdunge. During the warmer part of the year, you will sometimes see sheep there, as well as kids from the nearby pre-school. A little too cold for both those groups today.
Swedish word of the day. Gravsten. Headstone. My paternal grandfather's headstone at the cemetery in Västerhaninge. He died back in the late 1940s when my mother was still a young girl.
Swedish word of the day. Vindstilla. Finding a windless spot at Skinnarviksberget. On the other side of the hill, you have one of the best views over Stockholm.
Swedish word of the day. Fågeltorn. Bird watching tower. From my recent visit to the Sandemar nature reserve at Dalarö. Spotted many birds, including five White-tailed eagles and one Golden eagle.
7 October 2019.
English: Laziness
Irish: Leisce Welsh: Diogi
Finnish: Laiskuus Estonian: Laiskus
day 7.
rapidograph/adobe illustrator cs6.
3 inch square.
1 October 2020.
English: Chair.
Irish: Cathaoir.
Finnish: Tuoli.
day 1.
rapidograph/adobe illustrator cs6.
3 inch square.
Translate to your own language in comments.
30 October 2030.
English: I must.
Irish: Is éigean dom.
Finnish: Täytyy.
Please translate to your own language.
Examples:
Hänen täytyi lähteä kouluun.
(She had to set off for school)
"Is éigean dom fanacht mar tá rang ar siúl sa seomra."
(I must wait because there is a class going on in the room.)
(From comment on https//:www.mikesdipper.blogspot.com )
day 30.
rapidograph/adobe illustrator cs6.
3 1/2 inch square.
SELF-DEPRECATION (the act of reprimanding oneself by belittling, undervaluing, or disparaging oneself) - Composition Wednesday
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Swedish word of the day. Hej. Hello. Ikano saying that they don't know what you enjoy doing on your free time, but when you live here, you will have more time doing it. The reason being that it is close to everything. New apartment building under construction at the ever busy Vegastaden in Haninge.
“Don’t be a Johnny!” Chances are you have said something like this some time. (Replace Johnny with the name of someone you know.) What you meant was: Don’t be whiny or don’t be greedy or don’t be finicky or a quality that characterized Johnny. (Another popular example is "Don't be a Karen".)
If so, you made a personal eponym, a word coined after someone. This week we’ll see five eponyms, from Greek ep- (after) + -onym (name), coined after characters from both fact and fiction.
Today's word is Ballardian, named for the novelist and short story writer J.G. Ballard (1930-2009), whose works depict such post-apocalyptic scenarios.
Learn more at: wordsmith.org/words/ballardian.html
The ferry terminal Årsta Brygga in Haninge got a big makeover recently. This is the brand new and very impressive looking waiting area for the passengers waiting to board the ferry to Utö. Architect unknown.
Today's word is sough, from Old English swogan (to rustle, whistle, etc.). Earliest documented use: before 1066.
Learn more about today's word at: wordsmith.org/words/sough.html
Swedish word of the day Stubbe. Tree stump.
There's a steep hill behind the house where I live. It's next to the school. As a kid, I'm guessing we were around 12 years old, we stole the flat and circular plastic lamp posts at said school and used them as sleds to go down that hill. It was kinda tricky because of all the trees. But great fun until you crashed into my parents living room wall. I walked up that hill today and noticed that the neighbor had cut down a few trees on the top of the hill. No idea why, he can't build anything up there and his house is below the hill so the view will not change much.
All present; everyone in order. We are not talking about some school assembly or a military drill. It’s about vowels, a, e, i, o, u, all of them present and in order. This week we’ve picked five such words.
To many of these words you can add the suffix -ly to introduce the sometime-vowel y and still keep them all in order.
What everyday phrases can you think of that have all the five vowels in order? Share them below or email us at words@wordsmith.org. Here are two to get you started: “trade-discount” and “have it out”.
Today's word is anemious, from Greek anemos (wind). Earliest documented use: 1879.
Learn more at: wordsmith.org/words/anemious.html
Swedish word of the day. Armatur, or a bit longer, belysningsarmatur. Light fixture in a store window at Hornsgatan on Södermalm.
The admin, (no name), for a particular flickr group about wristwatches, (no name), became very upset with me last week. I had taken a photo of my MVMT timepiece at the wrong time! And we can't have that so hopefully this will calm him down a bit. Maybe. I could also inform him that I ate a semla today at my favorite cafe. Oh, and Swedish word of the day. Armbandsur.
Swedish words of the day. Broöppning at a klaffbro. Waiting at Skansbron where the city is currently doing their best to mess with cyclists, pedestrians and other as they are fixing the bike path and walkways. Oh, and also opening the bridge for a few boats.
Second Swedish word of the day. Jakttorn. Hunting blind. No moose in the area that I could see. Just three colorful golfers.
'When you hear somebody, hear them well and then think about their words.' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar
'palpitare' is a beat (= to palpitate).
The beat of life for me.
When you are enough quiet and piecefull you'll feel it with your ears, your nose, your mouth your heart and on you skin. It's a question of a few seconds but then you know you have only to be confident in life again...
This beat is probabely the only thing which isn't contaminate with social skills, culture differencies, egocentrism and troubles.
It simply IS!
A late Summer view of The meditation Hill at Skogskyrkogården. The guy to the left is taking a smartphone photo of the 888-meter-long path,sju brunrars stig.
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring" - Marilyn Monroe
Swedish word of the day. Kolonistugor. One of the allotment gardens at Tanto, on Södermalm in Stockholm. The official name is Södra Tantolundens koloniträdgårdsområde. I am pretty sure you need to be a local to pronounce that correctly.
Today's word is bombinate, from Latin bombinare, from bombilare (to hum, buzz), from Latin bombus (humming), from Greek bombos (booming, humming). Earliest documented use: 1880. A perfect synonym is bombilate.
Learn more at: wordsmith.org/words/bombinate.html
Today's word is diffidence, from Latin diffidere (to mistrust), from dis- (not) + fidere (to trust). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bheidh- (to trust), which also gave us abide, abode, fiancé, affidavit, confide, confident, defiance, fidelity, defy, infidel, and diffident. Earliest documented use: 1425.
Learn more about today's word at: wordsmith.org/words/diffidence.html