kjøre stil
English translation: display good manners
| 11:12 Feb 8, 2008 |
| Norwegian to English translations [Non-PRO] Slang / conversation about child's father | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Per Bergvall Norway Local time: 20:21 | ||||||
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pushing etiquette Explanation: "... when dad was pushing "etiquette"? Maybe. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-08 12:23:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or maybe "when dad wanted them to be 'classy'..." |
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display good manners Explanation: cool expression - so why can't people express themselves succinctly rarter than striving to be cool? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-08 12:15:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Maybe not so much display good manners as expect good manners... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2008-02-08 14:18:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "The son cried when Dad insisted on good table manners" - now that's a pretty confused son, or a really twisted daddy. "Kjøre stil" means to enforce a style, but Dad would have to be really abusive about it to make any normal son cry... |
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