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Although it should be The Doctor. Doctor Who is the name of the series, not the character.
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You missed the joke. He wasn't asking if it was The Doctor, he was asking which doctor while alluding to the show.
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I don't think the idiom translates to Danish that way. This appears to be meant in a strictly literal sense, with the stem being 'lys', as in 'light', giving us 'glowing'. To say you have an idiomatically 'bright' child would be more along the lines of' 'et klog (clever) barn'.
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In that case, I would say, Why indeed? Does Denmark have nuclear power plants?
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No, for environmental reasons Denmark eschews nuclear power (in favor of coal power...).
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No they don't have ! But it's no big deal, nuclear does not make things glowing :D !
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Synryo. Nevertheless, in English, something that glows is bright.
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"Lysende" can indeed mean brilliant in Danish. Just watch any "Olsenbanden" film!
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I can't translate "barn" as "baby"? Is that always either "baby" or "spædbarn"?
Again marked wrong due to the obsession with the unnecessary word 'got'.
