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cackleberry 7 Oct 7:54am, 7 Oct 2024 4,105 posts	0 cackleberry What älska, the Aldi own brand of ciders translates as. How did they get away with that?!
Eynsham Red 7 Oct 8:44am, 7 Oct 2024 11,406 posts	0 Eynsham Red cackleberry wrote:älska In the translation that I’ve found it’s Swedish for love. I can’t find anything dubious.
macca 53 7 Oct 8:51am, 7 Oct 2024 32,867 posts	0 macca 53 [I did that and thought the same as @Eynsham Red ]
Raemondo 7 Oct 9:02am, 7 Oct 2024 12,154 posts	0 Raemondo If you look further down the list there's also 'make love'.
Eynsham Red 7 Oct 9:25am, 7 Oct 2024 11,408 posts	0 Eynsham Red Ja, but that that is the intransitive of the verb älska…… De älskade med varandra: They made love to each other De älskade uppe på höskullen: They made love in the hayloft (Like I actually knew what intransitive Oder a verb was before I looked on Wiki 😂)
Eynsham Red 7 Oct 9:25am, 7 Oct 2024 11,409 posts	0 Eynsham Red of not Oder!
NordRunner 7 Oct 9:40am, 7 Oct 2024 4,605 posts	0 NordRunner It's a verb in infinitive or imperative (which have the same ending - “elske” in Norwegian) that could be a command to either love or like. Like “Bring” is a parcel service, or “Purge” could be a laxative.
Cheeky’s Dad 8 Oct 1:47pm, 8 Oct 2024 5,991 posts	0 Cheeky’s Dad That citronella (insect repellent) and lemongrass (common herb in Thai food) are the same thing (well one comes from the other)
Raemondo 10 Oct 5:57am, 10 Oct 2024 12,158 posts	0 Raemondo There is also a Hasselt in the Netherlands. Previously I only knew of the one in Belgium, so I was very confused when when my Dutch plant school teacher said our field work tomorrow would be there.
Hills of Death (HOD) 10 Oct 8:44am, 10 Oct 2024 37,332 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) Actor Stuart Grainger real name Is Jimmy Stewart so he had to change his name because the man himself.