Gutted to miss this - turns out the exhibitor pass doesn't cover the talks 🫠

I like Skamby (Shame town) in Fyn too - Skidby is in England tho, in the old danelaw so lots of Scandi town names

I don't think so, "skid" seems to just turn into "shit" in English (sk becoming sh and d becoming t is quite common), i also feel like you need underwear to get a term like skidmarks, which implies its more recent to me 😅

Incidentally, there's a village near Hull called Skidby which is danish for "shit town"

I think also worth pointing out is that the Rwanda policy came from Denmark (under the Social Democrats), so the last time the UK copied DK immigration policy it was a disaster

Mostly Pratchett, Banks, and Tchaikovsky, but I've hit the point where I'm mostly rereading them - then again, Discworld & the Culture are places I'm always happy to visit

I'm also a fan of ulykke, an unhappiness

The non-animal (which is a fun difference from English, where beast implies too much animal)

I guess my point is that they're all very specific words in their own languages - like you couldn't call something "canny" in that context in English

Yeah, I know that they use uhyyge for Freud's unheimlich - it's an interesting translation issue for me because you then get unrecognisable/unhomely (or outside the home)/uncosy which all have different associations

Thanks Kylie!

In general, Yorkshire has the best station pubs

As someone who grew up there, its one of the best pubs in York

Meanwhile in Denmark, i get my prescription every three months whether i need it or not (have to get it in person and my psychiatrist books the meetings in advance)