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Norwegian Rule (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I particularly like "nature fag". It was definitely one of my favorite subjects in school.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Taking a wild guess

fag, is related to german Fach, which means “branch, subject (especially used for school/academic subject)”

Wait doesn’t the english “faggot” also mean sticks? Perhaps thats linked to the “branch/subject” “Fach/Fag” in german/norweigen.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

Yep! That's exactly right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's interesting to see the consonants follow a pattern like this. In swedish it's fack, with a harder k-sound, and many words are like this comparing germanic words.