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> [Fuck] has become such a common use in Denmark, that I don’t think people even realize that it isn’t Danish. It is used by just about everyone younger than 40
by jmillikin 17y ago
> [Fuck] has become such a common use in Denmark, that I don’t think people even realize that it isn’t Danish. It is used by just about everyone younger than 40 all the time, to such extent that Danes travelling to the English speaking countries routinely and unwittingly cause offence.
This surprised me -- is "fuck" not considered rude in Denmark? Or do Danes use it among "foreigners" without realizing it means the same thing in other languages?
- silvestrov 17y agoboth. Older people refrain from using it, but for young people it's just an innocent filler word. We don't beep such words out on TV/Radio, and they can be said in primetime by guests without problems. And therefore it's easy for Danes when visiting USA/UK to say it without realizing that Americans/English people considers it rude.
- pelle 17y agoIt kind of shocked me when I came back to Denmark. Then it just amused me. It's funniest when people write it as "fåhk", which I'm seeing more and more. It is also probably the reason why DHH uses it so liberally in keynotes etc. It might have happened unwittingly of course he has made it his trademark now. 25% of the content of my favorite (only?) Danish startup podcasts http://thorborg.tv/ http://thorborg.tv/ consists of this word.