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> but many (most?) Norwegians would frown at this in a Norwegian-language text That's funny - I think most Dutch people would burst out laughing if they were t
by Tijdreiziger 9y ago
> but many (most?) Norwegians would frown at this in a Norwegian-language text
That's funny - I think most Dutch people would burst out laughing if they were to encounter 'luchtkussenboot' in a Dutch text. The correct translation of 'hovercraft' into Dutch is 'hovercraft' (at least in my area).
- lb1lf 9y ago-I've no good reason why, though - in general, we embrace any anglicism we can get our hands on; this includes the mass media. I've never seen 'hovercraft' used in any of them, though - I guess the reason may be simply that the word -luftputebåt- was introduced in the mid-sixties, prior to anglicisms being in vogue - and then fell out of use just as quickly as hovercraft never caught on here. Hence, on the few occasions when we need the word, the first that pops into our minds is the Norwegian one. Just a guess, though. I am by no means a linguist.