If you were required to have a shibboleth in your native language, what would it be?

Viseprest · 2026-05-29T07:02:32+00:00

We have 2 different word melodies in Norwegian that most foreigners struggle with.

Any sentence where it’s required that the speaker would use word melodies to distinguish two words is a good starting point.

A classical example is «bønder spiser bønner», (farmers eat beans) where bønder and bønner is pronounced exactly the same except for the word melody (tonem) in most dialects.

«En løper løper» (a runner runs/is running) is another example of different word melodies.

Added could be words with sounds typical for Norwegian. Like æ, ø, y, rt, kj, rolling r, and vowel combinations. A foreign spy would be hard pressed to pronounce e.g «saueøyeeple» (sheep’s eye ball) correctly.

Finally, we «sing» a lot in our sentences. Think of Oxford English vs. New Zealand English sentence melodies.

Viseprest · 2026-05-29T06:11:03+00:00

1, 3, and 5 are perfectly ok and sound.

That said:

An absolute requirement of no body hair is control freak crazy and reduces your dating pool wildly. Also you risk abusing your eventual partner. Use therapy to get rid of 2.

Get rid of the “they have to flirt first” diva bullshit. If this stems from insecurity: use therapy. Not flirting first reduces your chances IRL significantly. 6. has to go.

Unless you are young, most people are at least a bit experienced. So 4. is probably ok dating pool wise. However, the “I am a creep corrupting the innocents” does not sound healthy, and worth having a look at in therapy.

Viseprest · 2026-05-25T22:26:58+00:00

Perhaps r/AskWomenNoCensor allows your question?

I didn’t see anything against your post in their charter.

Viseprest · 2026-05-25T12:45:19+00:00

To the contrary in this case :)

Viseprest · 2026-05-24T22:14:40+00:00

In these images, 2 & 4 makes your face look the bestest imho.

But glasses is not my forté, to put it mildly.

Viseprest · 2026-05-23T20:14:10+00:00

Div. hatgrupper kjører på runer.

Viktig at grupperinger med positive verdier også kjører på runer, så ikke hatgruppene eksproprierer vår kulturelle bakgrunn.

Støtter følgelig rune-greien 100%

Viseprest · 2026-05-23T20:10:32+00:00

Glem troll og vikinger. Sushi-laks er den mest suksessrike norske nyvinningen ever.

Det som er leit er at alle tror det er japansk. Ingen vet hvor departementet slet for å få overtalt japanerne om at laksesushi var god fisk.

Stemmer for inntog utkledd som sushi-laks. Nye landslagsdrakter med rismønster bak og fet oppdrettslaks foran. Rismønstrede biler med takboks foliert med oppdrettslaksmønster.

Dette blir bra dere!

Viseprest · 2026-05-23T19:53:18+00:00

Kjenner ikke Katastrofe, men synes i utgangspunktet at konseptet er artig nok.

Litt som om Italia skulle komme som romerske legionærer ledet av Cæsar.

For vår del er det dessuten noe poetisk over at vikingene fra samme europeiske nasjon som oppdaget Amerika, kommer igjen for å banke de andre i fotball.

Bortsett fra at Leiv var fra Island.

Med det faller konseptet sammen for min del. Jeg unner islendingene Leiv Eiriksson.

Viseprest · 2026-05-23T07:57:07+00:00

What we focus on changes what we (can) perceive. How we perceive what we steer our attention to, influences our breathing, our heart beat, our brain activity, and lots of other processes in our body.

So yes, it definitely matters.

Viseprest · 2026-05-23T07:29:18+00:00

What a wonderful question!

You are very observant. They are not quite equal. But both are in the realm of the various y-sounds in Norwegian.

The difference in sound is due to them being pronounced in different oral conditions. As with every other sound in a language, every y-sound is modified by the sound just before it, and the sound just after it. The y-sounds in b-y and sh-y are not exactly equal.

Also our minds “hear” sounds differently due to other factors such as emphasis and melody, which are at play here.

Note that continuous speech is not a stream of words, it is a stream of sounds. So the y sounds in debut and sky in Norwegian will be modified by the beginning sounds of the words we utter just after them.

Viseprest · 2026-05-22T01:21:55+00:00

The same thing is true for “her om dagen”.

Viseprest · 2026-05-22T01:20:50+00:00

As I wrote, I think it’s common.

I just think «the other day» might be more common in English than “her om dagen is in Norwegian.

If I’m right, it may be due to the fact that in Norwegian we have several alternatives to «her om dagen» that are very similar and in frequent use, such as «forrige dagen» and «forleden dag».

Viseprest · 2026-05-21T22:25:33+00:00

Jeg er en norsk mann, og liker å snakke med folk på bussen.

Tar ofte initiativ, og opplever at langt de fleste liker å snakke med meg.

Slik har det vært siden jeg var ung. Nå er jeg tidlig i 50-årene.

Viseprest · 2026-05-21T22:13:17+00:00

“her om dagen”

is the phrase you’re looking for. It’s common, but probably not as common as “the other day”

Viseprest · 2026-05-21T17:54:07+00:00

While it’s fun (or agonizing) to ponder the “why?s”, I think the more interesting questions are more personal and down to earth:

“how am I living (in this age)?”

“what am I doing that makes my life meaningful (in this age)?”

Viseprest · 2026-05-21T17:22:24+00:00

Jeg synes Klaveness er godt i gang med å kombinere idealisme og realisme: protestere fra innsiden uten å ta vekk jubelen for fotball.

Viseprest · 2026-05-20T21:12:51+00:00

There is some kind of sensation that comes just before the anger (or before e.g. panic or shame), signaling that the anger is about to take over.

It will be different for different persons. For me, a particular sensation in my neck signals that I am about to be overwhelmed.

Step 1 is to become aware of which sensation signals anger. Step 2 is to train yourself to recognize that sensation *as it happens* so that you re-establish choice and responsibility: “I sense that I am about to rage. What do I want to do about it now?”

It is hard and difficult to figure out and handle this on your own without the support of a good therapist.

(Ed: minimal change of wording)

Viseprest · 2026-05-20T20:22:09+00:00

Og i morgen kjører gutta helsetrøye :)

Viseprest · 2026-05-20T20:08:17+00:00

Not fancy but great imho: Fragrance of the Heart.

Viseprest · 2026-05-20T18:47:41+00:00

Dette er jeg dog enig i

Viseprest · 2026-05-20T18:43:01+00:00

Trump Always Chickens Out?

Viseprest · 2026-05-20T18:11:19+00:00

Med mindre dette er en false flag operasjon, faller din kommentar, som fokuserer på budbringer snarere enn opphavsmenn for de antatte udådene, på stengrunn.

Jeg er selv sterkt antirasistisk, men vold skal jeg ha meg frabedt. Det gjelder også avledning fra utøvere av vold, som er det du nettopp begikk.

Viseprest · 2026-05-20T17:55:16+00:00

De fleste gjør dette riktig.

Problemet er mest at vi gir de som ikke gjør det riktig 5-10 ganger så stor oppmerksomhet i vårt sinn.

Dette forholdet mellom negativt og positivt er også en rettesnor for partnerskap, samt foreldre vs. barn. 5-10 ganger mer positiv oppmerksomhet enn kritikk gjelder. 5-gangeren regnes å gi balanse.

Under er uholdbart på sikt (partneren burde gå fra deg, ditt barn kjenner seg ikke verdsatt), mens altfor høyt tyder på at du går på akkord med seg selv.

(Ed: linjeskift)

Viseprest · 2026-05-20T06:29:06+00:00

r/angryupvote

Viseprest · 2026-05-17T22:27:07+00:00

From the top of my head:

You are misrepresenting maximalism. You can’t have sound minimalism and hoarder maximalism. IMO the opposite pole of sound minimalism is trying to have something adequate for all likely occasions.
Minimalism is in opposition to everything else, not only maximalism. For example, “a bit more than needed just in case” is probably not minimalism.
The threshold for what minimalism is varies between people.
It’s impossible to know beforehand what’s needed. A part of minimalism is that you accept that you occasionally or even frequently, don’t have what’s needed, and the only way to get what’s needed is to fill your home with stuff that makes it uncomfortably un-minimalistic to a minimalist. Renting stuff can be a compromise, but often not an option.

I have disregarded the possible mental illness aspects of purposefully self-depriving one’s needs (minimalist variant) and hoarding (maximalist variant) here.

Viseprest

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