Re: Words/ reply to n's post--words are such fun. Power Chair, too!

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Yeah, n! Way to go! Wishing you and Jeff a long, not to mention fast and mobile, life together!I tried a new chocolate last week, and thought of you. It was dark chocolate with dried lingonberries inside. Really delicious! Gave me an idea for this year's Christmas treats: I'll make dark "ischoklad". Eiskonfekt in German, I guess the English term, if there is one, would be ice chocolate (although it has nothing to do with ice, the name comes from the chilling sensation on the tounge that the melting of the coconut oil in it gives), and add fresh lingonberries. Think it will be an ischoklad to remember...love/Reb>> I think that the phrase "perfect stranger" means "perfectly, completely, totally> and genuinely unknown to one," namely, to me. We also use the word "stranger"> to mean the same thing as you use it for in Swedish, though rarely. Then in > English there is the other possible connotation that a person partially known> to one just might be a bit "strange," as in "weird," or "odd, even if known.> > I could go on, but shall spare you all. My new Power Chair, named after> NASCAR racing driver, Jeff Gordon, has just arrived. Whee!> > Love to you, Reb, and to , and to Pixie and family, and to all here,> n> > > > > > > ________________________________> To: MSersLife > Sent: Wed, November 17, 2010 5:12:17 AM> Subject: Words> > > I know that the English language has the expression "perfect stranger". Which is > an interesting expression in itself, perfect in what sense, kind of? ... But the > Swedish equivalent wold literally be translated as "wild stranger" (or possibly > "wildly strange"). > > We happened to use that expression in a conversation yesterday, and it just > suddenly hit me: "WILD strangers" now if that isn't a "wildly strange" > expression, I don't know what would be... The obvious question is, are there any > tame strangers? We reached the conclusion that the tame strangers must be the > ones you invite for dinner . By which we were referring to that the slightly old > fashioned Swedish word for "guests" is "strangers", as in "We have strangers > here tonight, the Jonssons came over for dinner." In that context "strangers" > shouldn't be understood as "people we don't know", but only as "people who don't > live here and/or don't belong to the family".> > OK. "Wild strangers" the kind you meet on the street, "tame strangers", the kind > you invite in...> > Words and language are such entertaining subjects some times, aren't they... ; )> > love> /Reb>

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-- Words> > > I know that the English language has the expression "perfect stranger". Which is > an interesting expression in itself, perfect in what sense, kind of? ... But the > Swedish equivalent wold literally be translated as "wild stranger" (or possibly > "wildly strange"). > > We happened to use that expression in a conversation yesterday, and it just > suddenly hit me: "WILD strangers" now if that isn't a "wildly strange" > expression, I don't know what would be... The obvious question is, are there any > tame strangers? We reached the conclusion that the tame strangers must be the > ones you invite for dinner . By which we were referring to that the slightly old > fashioned Swedish word for "guests" is "strangers", as in "We have strangers > here tonight, the Jonssons came over for dinner." In that context "strangers" > shouldn't be understood as "people we don't know", but only as "people who don't > live here and/or don't belong to the family".> > OK. "Wild strangers" the kind you meet on the street, "tame strangers", the kind > you invite in...> > Words and language are such entertaining subjects some times, aren't they... ; )> > love> /Reb>