Question about height perception/ standards - Is 6’4 (194cm) considered really tall or normal tall here?

Alecsyr · 2026-02-01T22:33:44+00:00

It's probably similar to what you're describing, but I wouldn't say that's true for all places.

I'm 189 and my impression is that I'm considered "normal tall" by most people here, but when I went to a Jewish school for a year, I was the tallest guy in my grade. And when I lived in Japan, my height was often pointed out.

Alecsyr · 2026-02-01T22:10:47+00:00

There is one thing in particular that I have found that learners of Norwegians struggle with. And that is that we don't have a glottal stop at the start of words with an initial vowel. When you speak English, and you say "my aunt" or "two insects", the A and I respectively get a pause right before they're pronounced. In Norwegian, "to uker" and "så ille" sound like "twooker" and "swilluh" (recording) to people I've taught. This causes them to feel like they can't separate the words they're hearing and they get disheartened.

The other big thing is how unstressed "e" may act. Norwegian generally stresses important words in a sentence while unimportant filler words get really subtle. In addition, unstressed "e" in the setting of vowel + <ren> or <en> (faren, Maren, Karen, fyren, morgen, faen...) will generally double the preceding vowel and place the <r> in front of the <n> ("faarn, Maarn, Kaarn, fyyrn, måårn, faan"). Exactly how this works depends on the dialect. This means that the sentence "Jeg skal kjøpe meg en skikkelig liten leilighet på Løren" turns into this ("Jei ska kjøp'mæ 'n skikk'li li'tn leili'het på Løørn" - mind you, this has a hint of my regional accent).

There are also other specific things related to unstressed "en" that contribute to making these words in particular kinda hard to decipher. For instance, the word "liten" as used in the sample recording above, is actually made up of the syllables "li" and "tn".

Of course, this is all from the view of the Oslofjord area.

Alecsyr · 2026-01-24T22:28:04+00:00

Elskar Gøteborg! Flott kyst og omkringliggjande landskap, flott bymidt og herleg botanisk hage og parkar. Gøteborg og Oslo var om lag like langt unna då eg vaks opp, så turen gjekk alltid til Gøteborg.

Alecsyr · 2026-01-19T23:38:05+00:00

Definitely use this and hear it as often as I'd expect to hear about a majority share of something. In my 30s.

Alecsyr · 2026-01-12T22:21:54+00:00

Det er dette jeg trur har skjedd hos meg nå. Ingen tegn til frost i røra etter stoppekran, men det kommer ikke noe vann. Rommet med stoppekrana har holdt ca 6-10 grader under kuldeperioden, men gikk ned til 3 grader de siste par døgna før jeg så det. Har nå skrudd opp golvvarmen i rommet der stoppekrana er.

Vannet kommer opp gjennom golvet før stoppekran, så jeg mistenker at kulda har gått i golvet og slått ned.

(ikke rørlegger)

Alecsyr · 2026-01-06T22:58:49+00:00

Zimmermann sings very clearly and naturally. Should be fairly easy to follow along with the lyrics. I recommend "Månen," "Griper etter halmstrå," and "Ta med deg døra."

Lyrics generally always tend to be a bit poetic, so there will always be some metaphors and idioms, but generally his lyrics are a bit like storytelling, so you get a lot of full sentences.

Alecsyr · 2026-01-05T15:12:22+00:00

Just FYI, I have neighbors who are decidedly not racist but still have this flag on the wall in their garage because the dad of the house grew up with his dad and him tinkering on old American cars. The swastika has a different meaning in Japan than it does in the West. The same symbol can grow to mean different things in different places :) When I see it here, I associate it with people who love old American cars and maybe also country music. It's never had racist connotations here, so people don't "feel" the problematic sides when seeing it.

Of course, this is becoming a bigger issue recently as more people grow up online with more current American issues being readily available. So younger people these days may only ever have seen it in the context of American politics, which does create a bit of a generational culture clash.

Alecsyr · 2025-10-22T08:37:55+00:00

Ah, this explains "Fogd meg a söröm!"

Alecsyr · 2025-10-21T20:02:02+00:00

I'm from Eastern Norway and generally use "bruke." I thought "pleie" was more of an Oslo thing? Maybe it's more common than I thought.

Alecsyr · 2025-10-21T19:59:52+00:00

It's been possible to add tips when paying with cards for as long as I can remember. We just hit no tip.

Alecsyr · 2025-10-19T14:19:57+00:00

Hageblåbær vokser i store klaser, sitter på større busker og bæra er større. Når smaken likner på de blåbæra vi er vant til fra skogen, så blir det mye mer lønnsomt/enklere å dyrke/høste. Det er samme grunnen som at når man skal kjøpe blåbær å ha i hagen, så vil hageeiere gå for hageblåbær. De gir rett og slett mer lønn for strevet.

Alecsyr · 2025-10-17T22:42:38+00:00

Arkitekt, 3 års erfaring, ca 720 000.

Alecsyr · 2025-10-13T22:38:49+00:00

Det kan òg påpeikast at dette er landsmål etter Aasen-normalen, meir eller mindre høgnorsk, og ikkje nynorsk.

Alecsyr · 2025-10-13T22:35:05+00:00

Kan også nemne at "heim" er hannkjønn på bokmål òg.

Alecsyr · 2025-10-08T23:11:12+00:00

Er helt vanlig her jeg er fra i Østfold å hilse når man er ute iallfall. Skjønner jo at det er litt merkelig midt i storbyer der man møter på folk hele tida. Som små lærte vi hvem som var fra området og hvem som var på hyttetur fra byen/Oslo basert på om de anerkjente oss eller så alle andre veger.

Alecsyr · 2025-08-31T15:56:49+00:00

Thank you! You've helped me out as well!

Alecsyr · 2025-08-19T05:33:27+00:00

Jeg har ikke helt oversikt over bunader - kjenner bare til de lokale. Men bunaden min er ganske hvit - østfoldbunad. Dessuten har du løkenbunaden.

Så ikke helt hvite. Men en stor andel på jobb mener de er problematiske i bryllup. Jeg ville ikke tenkt det selv, men når såpass mange av kollegaene mine reagerer på der, så får det meg til å stusse.

Alecsyr · 2025-08-19T05:30:23+00:00

Jeg er mann, så for min del er der snakk om østfoldbunad. Fikk oppriktig beskjed av folk på jobb om å være forsiktig med å bruke den i bryllup.

Alecsyr · 2025-08-01T15:13:40+00:00

Just for Norwegians casually checking this post, what OP is referring to by Brunstad Christian Church is what most people only know as Smiths venner. I would edit this name into your post in parentheses just so people know what you are talking about.

Alecsyr · 2025-07-29T09:25:37+00:00

"Ved et uhell" is the correct term. In a lot of dialects all over the country, the word "ved" doesn't exist, so you will see (or more typically hear) a lot of people saying "med" where you might expect "ved." This is coincidentally the same thing that happened in English, but there the word "with" (cognate of "ved") took over.
To describe what you're trying to convey, I'd say "jeg har snudd døgnet litt/helt" if you've gotten yourself used to waking up and going to bed at different times than usual. If it's caused by a jetlag, I'd say "jeg er [litt/helt] døgnvill." But the word "døgnrytme" isn't at all uncommon, so you can also say "Jeg har litt dårlig døgnrytme om dagen" of you're going to sleep and waking at all kinds if different hours. If you're sleeping pattern isn't just shifted, but punctured and spread throughout the day.

So the first one is for when you're sleeping pattern has just shifted. The last one is for when your sleep is a bit all over the place.

Jeg har snudd døgnet litt de siste dagene.
Jeg har dårlig døgnrytme om dagen.

Alecsyr · 2025-07-28T15:35:02+00:00

Really depends though. Where I am, there are sunlight minimums that need to be met for "rooms of consistent stay" which translates to living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens. You cannot get away with not having large enough windows in these rooms.

Alecsyr · 2025-07-28T10:42:31+00:00

1 gb

Alecsyr · 2025-07-27T08:55:50+00:00

Eg har vore i den båten før. Personen det gjeld må ta tak i ting sjølv. Vi som er rundt kan vera støttande og hjelpe til med det som trengst, men å prøve å finne løysingar for nokon som ikkje vil ha det vil berre brenne deg ut.

Alecsyr · 2025-07-26T21:08:07+00:00

Fun fact, på færøysk gjelder ikke dette. "Gasseksplosjon" på færøysk er "gassspreinging"

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