#græs

[ultimate-word-tournament]

Ultimate Word Tournament!

aquarium (English) [əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm] 1. A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals. 2. A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.

græs (Danish) [kʁæːs] grass.

[notsureaboutnameyet]

Scandinavian Garage - Medium Ideas for remodeling a medium-sized detached Scandinavian one-car carport

[orpheusdrinkinga40inadeathbasket]

Moses Sumney, græ (2020)

[poseurson]

in bloom with room to grow, im only watering the seeds you sowed

[r144l3r]

learning a moses sumney song on the guitar for them.

[juno-hoslow]

The fire ants die for a chance at the queen The carpenter bee dies when he finally leaves a sting

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We have no place that we can claim without contention We are constructing a whole new edifice of boxes to put people in To protect a space inside which you can exist Very concerned about giving names, giving names Dissatisfaction seems like the natural byproduct of identification

[vikinglanguage]

Top ten Danish sayings according to me

My ten favourite Danish sayings/turns of phrase (in no particular order), just because I love language. I say all of these regularly. Enjoy!

goddag mand, økseskaft – hello man, axe handle

This one is used when someone answers a question you asked in a nonsensical way or just in general when someone has said something foolish or nonsensical. you can read about the origin in Danish here.

det kan ske, det kniver med gaflerne – it may spoon it knives with the forks / it happens that the forks are in short supply

Not used in any specific situation other than when someone says det kan ske 'it happens', because ske 'spoon' and ske 'happen' just so happen to be homonyms. Additionally kniv 'knife' and knibe 'be in short supply' are almost homophonous, especially if kniv was a verb.

fra folk og fulde børn skal man høre sandheden – from people and drunk children you will hear the truth

This is not actually the saying, it's supposed to be børn og fulde folk, but it's more fun like this. Originally, this refers to the fact that neither children, nor the drunk tend to think too hard before speaking, thus they tend to tell the truth.

det haster ikke mere end det jager – it's no more urgent than urgency

Excuse my creative liberties here, as both haste and jage mean 'be urgent'. It is more or less synonymous with "take it easy, no rush" – a sort of Danish hakuna matata.

To me, as someone from Western Jutland, jager should always be pronounced jawer ['ja.wʌ] in this saying.

stå med håret i postkassen – to have gotten one's hair stuck inside the mailbox

A metaphor for when you are in some sort of trouble or problematic situation where you feel like you have no power to change your unlucky situation. Often used when you are disappointed as a result of being cheated somehow.

det kan noget – it does something

My best approximation of an English version is "it's got a certain je ne sais quois", because that's literally what it means. It does something for you, specifically, but you're not entirely sure what exactly it is that it does – but it works!

man kan æggehvide, hvad man æggeskal – one egg whites what one eggshells | one cannot know what one should not do

Another pun, I am sorry for being your literal dad, I guess. Basically æggehvide 'egg white' sounds like ikke vide 'not know' and æggeskal 'eggshell' sounds like ikke skal 'should not'

ikke nå nogen/noget til sokkeholderne – not being able to reach someone/something's garters

When someone/-thing is not nearly as good as someone/-thing else. You know, it barely reaches above their knee!

hvor der handles, der spildes – where stuff gets done, stuff gets lost

Exactly what it says on the tin. Its English cousin is "you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs".

fanden og hans pumpestok – the Devil and his pump stick

Yes, this is as vulgar as it sounds. This one is used last in lists of things that are excessive, e.g, vi skulle støvsuge, slå græs, fjerne spindelvæv, dampe gulvtæppet og Fanden og hans pumpestok 'we had to vacuum, mow the lawn, remove cobwebs, steam the carpet and God knows what else'.

Honourable mention for this one that I learnt while looking stuff up in the dictionary:

[ID: A screenshot from Danish online dictionary ordnet.dk of the entry for the saying 'anbringe bagdelen i klaskehøjde'. It explains the saying and additionally recommends the entries for smæk and øretævernes holdeplads. End ID]

Translation:

to place one's backside (ass, bum) in smacking height.

TRANSFERRED MEANING cause oneself to end up in a situation where one might very easily be exposed to criticism and negative reactions from one's surroundings – e.g., by speaking openly about a certain case USE informal

SEE ALSO spanking | the whoopings' parking space

[librarycards]

this is like completely out of nowhere, but do you have any music recs? literally anything, i just get the vibe you have good taste

haha sure, and I appreciate it! I'm going to include below some youtube links to favorite songs and albums by favorite artists of mine. hope you like them!

The Cranberries - you know. the classics, but I most recommend Bury the Hatchet (album - full playlist)

Tune-Yards - Who Kill (album) and Nikki Nack and i can feel you creep into my private life (yeah sorry you need to listen to All of them)

Leikelei47 - start with Acrylic!

My Brightest Diamond - two standout songs are Pressure and This is My Hand

ARCA - literally everything. she has mastered transcyborgism.

Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer, sure, but also the Mad masterpiece that is the Tightrope MV (and more!)

Willow - her range is just amazing. From ARDIPITHECUS to <COPINGMECHANISM>

Jewel - Pieces of You (album - also ft. the most iconic subtitle ever, 'what we call human nature in actuality is human habit' (this blew my mind when i was 10)

Emma Ruth Rundle - start with May Our Chambers be Full, a collab with Thou.

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (album - full playlist)

Julia Jacklin - Pressure to Party is So Much to me. Body is, somehow, even More.

Moses Sumney - græ is immaculate. it is genuinely a perfect album. no notes.

Lady Lamb - Crane Your Neck is an incredible song. So is Arkansas Daughter, in a very different way.

There are others too, of course, but this is a start with some of my favs. Some that I like feel too ubiquitous to mention - MCR, Against Me!, Rihanna, Enya, Mitski. But there are those too!

[existennialmemes]

"You need to touch grass"

Dudes in Silicon Valley: Ok but what IF we SIMULATED grass in VR, then wired FIBER OPTICS into your BRAIN, so you THINK you're touching grass. Bro, you don't get it. You could REALLY FEEL the grass. Please bro, this is an amazing investment idea. I only need 88 million dollars to get started, bro. Gonna call it "Tüch Græs" The monthly subscription fee is $49.99

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Insula • Cut Me • In Bloom • Virile • Conveyor • boxes • Gagarin • jill/jack • Colouour • also also also and and and • Neither/Nor • Polly • Two Dogs • Bystanders • Me in 20 Years • Keeps Me Alive • Lucky Me • and so I come to isolation • Bless Me • before you go

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

[nofatclips]

Me in 20 Years by Moses Sumney from the album græ - Directed by Allie Avital

[rustlingsilpha]

re listening græ and this song got me crushed not only bc of you know... the obvious but also bc it's them. ugh....

[graviconscientia]

@twotiime2 replied to your post “The minute anyone calls me "Gravy", I'm deleting...”:

two be faiir two that niickname ii would be pronounciing iit 'græ-vii. liike graviita2.

​It should be more like gravitas, correct. But the other sillier pronunciation is right there. And we are not known for being right when we could be funny.

[nowoyas]

Græ I just read Boiling Point’s second installment and A) you are such a talented writer, B) your phrasing is so witty sometimes and it lends itself to great comedically-timed moments, and C) please please put me in the taglist for all ur future Miguel fics. Don’t make me beg. I mean I might beg, but it’ll be…begrudgingly. 🥰

hehehe thank you so much!!! <333 I've added you to the taglist! ✨