MetaFilter posts tagged with Danish

One Minute Languages

sveskemus — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:34:32 -0800

At One Minute Languages you can learn greetings, talking about names, counting, and more in Catalan, Danish, French, German, Irish, Japanese, Luxembourgish, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, and Russian.

Don't choke on the Danish pudding with red berries

salishsea — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:16:15 -0800

So you want to speak Danish? Who wouldn't...! The first place to start is by mastering this phrase: rødgrød med fløde. If you can't get it on the first or second (or 27th) try, have a look at this detailed pronunciation guide which tells how to make the pudding AND the phrase.

Is it Danish? Only the Danish could make something so cheesy

Stynxno — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:51:52 -0800

Relive the glory days of being the only male flutist in the middle school band. Fløjte Hero. [warning: danish flash sound]

Danish squat evicted

poweredbybeard — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:21:57 -0800

Three days of rioting and protest across Denmark, fueled by an influx of supporters from outside the country, was the result of the Danish police's sudden eviction of long-standing squat Ungdomshuset ("Youth House"). It was the last such social centre in Denmark, whose self-governed municipality of Christiana also began as a squat (though its future remains in question).

Squatting, the act of taking over abandoned property (sometimes surreptitiously as a way to secure housing for the homeless, sometimes publically as a way to exert political pressure) has a long history, and often meets with intense repression, though has sometimes been instrumental in city-building. In New York City's early days, homesteading was how many neighbourhoods began, and the squat movement which birthed the now-legal ABC No Rio community centre is linked to the city's community gardens, as well as its independent arts culture through publications such as World War 3. (WW3's co-founder Seth Tobocman receives continued attention for his graphic novel War In The Neighbourhood.)

Demolition of Ungdomshuset has already begun.

If the gods do evil then they are not gods.

The Jesse Helms — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:29:12 -0800

Muslim world goes apeshit over Danish cartoon. Saudi Arabia and Libya have withdrawn their ambassadors to Denmark, which issued safety warnings to its citizens travelling in Muslim countries after threats by militant Islamic groups and a boycott of Danish goods

Spare a thought?

freddles — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:34:27 -0800

Simon Hoegsberg's latest project involved stopping passersby and asking what they were thinking at exactly that moment. These are their thoughts and portraits.

honkzilla — Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:32:36 -0800

B&O goes virtual : Beoplayer 1.0 is a Windows application that sits on your desktop and, like everything Bang, works in a sleek, elegant, unintuitive manner (until you learn what the icons and doodads do, then you can show it off for all your friends). Guaranteed you've never seen a music player like this one.

joedrescher — Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:20:53 -0800

The "dickie game" is a new feature on the public danish newschannel "DR". Yes - it is a publically owned and funded channel. The rules are pretty simple: press the "start spillet" button and try to guess what dick belongs to which dude. Have fun!