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34 Comments
garth188776
515
I'm well into adulthood but once a fourteen-year-old boy, always a fourteen-year-old boy.
Alkrem
1249
I believe, that is natural for an adult (haha) language learner. One is normally curious about words and is vigilant of coming across a figurative meaning.
Arnauti
1525
Ah, link rot is setting in! Look for Stefan Demert & Jeja Sundströms version of Anna Anaconda.
tvindy
1860
It's interesting that in Danish "orm" means "worm" and not "snake." I wonder if the Swedish word for snake is derived from an older Swedish word for "worm."
thoscorco
779
Yes, orm and mask are mixed and confused over the centuries. Note vurm in Sv. (now meaning kick or rave, perhaps imitating the movement of these critters), orm (now snake), all harkening back to Latin vermicelli (which is not simply something to eat!)