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[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

tid translates to time. Hour translates to time.

Enjoy your aneurism.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Another for you. In Denmark, we have bicycle traffic lights and they sometimes show you how long it'll take until the light is green. They say

Tid til grøn

Which is almost pronounced "til ti grøn"

Always makes me laugh a little

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

til ti grøn

As a non-Dane, what's funny about this?

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

It's the reverse of Norwegian where "tid" is pronounced "tea"(english) and "til" is pronounced between "teal"(English) and "till"(english). The "d" is silent.

But the Danish pronunciation is a little confusing because the d in tid is pronounced and is done so like an English "L", at least in this instance while the "L" is silent.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tid is pronounced til, and til is pronounced ti

Idk, it's not much but I find it silly

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tid isn't prononounced "til".

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

To an English speaker it almost is, like I kinda said above?

Perhaps a bad anecdote

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This country makes me so confused sometimes. I do kinda love it here. I feel quite privileged to be able to spend a couple months in your lovely country.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago

Ah it's "mine" in that I'm a resident but I'm not a Dane. I feel similarly privileged to live here. Glad you're enjoying your stay!

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Ah. My suggestion of an aneurysm was commenting on how i wrote the reply, not necessarily the translations themselves.