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How to tell if you’re European

2006/09/19 22:31

I just had a look at my old European culture test. I wrote it before I moved to Scotland, and I must admit that some of my generalisations don’t hold in this country. I still think much of it is fine, though.

Just a shame Mark Rosenfelder didn’t want to add it to his list… 🙁

CULTURE · EN

Milk colour coding

2006/09/17 18:14

In Denmark, skimmed milk packaging is grey, semi-skimmed is light blue, full-fat is dark blue, and whipping cream is red. In the UK, skimmed milk is red, semi-skimmed is green, full-fat is dark blue, single cream is red, and whipping cream is green. I’ve forgotten the colour coding schemes used in other countries, but I’m sure they’re different, too. When were the colour schemes invented? Were they regional at first, and then harmonised on a national level?

CULTURE · EN · HUMOUR · IT

La madonna che conduce la macchina

2006/08/07 20:37

There’s a church in Bibbiena in which one of the madonnas has had her baby Jesus stolen. Unfortunately, the way she’s holding her hands makes it look as if she’s driving a car, not holding a baby, so I renamed her mentally to la madonna che conduce la macchina. 🙂 It just a shame I had forgotten my camera that day – this posting would have looked so much better with an illustration… Interestingly, the next day we went to the museum in Arezzo to look at […]

CULTURE · EN

Danish tartan

2006/05/22 08:17

According to this announcement, a Danish tartan has now been designed (seemingly in connexion with the birth of Prince Christian), and I think I found it here. I’ve always wondered which tartan to go for if I bought myself a kilt, but I guess this would be an obvious choice now.

CULTURE · DA · FEATURED · MEDIA

Bjørnebanden er hunde!

2006/09/16 21:42

Det er lige gået op for mig, at Bjørnebanden på engelsk hedder The Beagle Boys, og at de altså slet ikke er bjørne, men beagler (ligesom Nuser)! Jeg undrede mig som barn godt nok også over, hvorfor de dog lignede bjørne så lidt… Hvad tænkte oversætteren dog på? Ved nærmere eftertanke var det vel også den oversætter, der oversatte McDuck til von And, så hvad kan man forvente? 🙁

CULTURE · DA

A-imperium

2006/08/23 18:26

Ligesom man kan opdele mennesker i A- og B-mennesker, ser det ud til, at det samme kan gøre sig gældende for lande. Lige siden vi første gang var i Slovenien, har mig og mine forældre undret os over, hvorfor alting (inkl. barer) lukker kl. 22, og hvorfor forretninger åbner allerede kl. 6 om morgenen. Jeg kom så til at tale med nogle forretningsforbindelser fra Tjekkiet om det, da de sagde, at de begynder kl. 7 om morgenen. Og de havde en forklaring! De sagde, at kejser Franz […]

CULTURE · DA

Halvvejs

2006/06/24 21:10

Det er i dag den 24. juni – det vil sige, der nu er præcist et halvt år til juleaften! Og i går var det sankthans – det er en af de dage, jeg savner Danmark mest…

CULTURE · DA

Europæisk Melodi-Grandprix!

2006/05/20 13:31

Så er det i aften, det er tid til den årlige gang popmusik. Jeg har ikke hørt nogen af numrene på forhånd, men det er vel den sædvanlige blanding. Det bliver spændende at se, om vinderen igen skal findes i den østlige halvdel af Europa, eller om et land som fx Irland for første gang i mange år vinder igen.

CULTURE · DA

Jubilæumsskrift

2006/05/01 15:57

Jeg fik lige en email fra Tenna: Jeg er med i jubilæumsskriftudvalget og i dette har vi besluttet at vi gerne vil have et par siders kammer-anekdoter fra hver dekade vores dejlige forening har eksisteret. I den forbindelse ville vi spørge om du kunne tænke dig at skrive lidt om hvad der er sket af sjove, finurlige eller andre passende ting i årene 86-95. Vi er naturligvis klar over at du kun selv har oplevet en begrænset del af perioden, men så om den del, da… Det […]

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