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(Meh, why did the PC-squad downvote this? Geesh, grow up. It's okay to have fun with languages!) As a Swede: I also read it that way the first time. The seco
by johansch 9y ago
(Meh, why did the PC-squad downvote this? Geesh, grow up. It's okay to have fun with languages!)
As a Swede:
I also read it that way the first time.
The second time I read it as "avslutningsdike" (Swedish) or "finishing dyke" (English.) But after Googling the word it turns out afsluit is more like "tätning"/"isolation/termination".
- spiderfarmer 9y agoIt's more like 'closing' (something). The afsluitdijk is a bridge/dike that can be closed in case of storms.
- johansch 9y agoIn that case my first guess was right after all. :)
- PanMan 9y agoNope, it's not. It's always (sortof) closed. It's named that way because it closed of a large part of sea, and turned it into a lake. The Oosterscheldekering does open and close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oosterscheldekering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oosterscheldekering
- geon 9y ago(Swe) Dike = ditch (Eng) Dyke = dam/sexual slur
- johansch 9y agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dyke https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dyke "chiefly British spelling of dike"