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Dow hits new record of 13000, as US & world economies continue to grow | 130 comments (130 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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What does "harvard" mean in Swedish? Diapers? LOL

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Apr 30th, 2007 at 10:16:14 AM EST
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Re: OT (none / 0)

That would be haardvaard, pronounced "horvord".

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Apr 30th, 2007 at 10:21:30 AM EST
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Careful, though. "Horvård" would be "whore care"...

by someone (s0me1smail(a)gmail(d)com) on Mon Apr 30th, 2007 at 10:33:18 AM EST
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LOL

I hate vowel length.

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Apr 30th, 2007 at 10:34:25 AM EST
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And:
"hair" == "hår", pronounced much like "whore"
I can quite imagine some Swede entering a barbers place somewhere saying: "I vud like to get my whore cut.."

by someone (s0me1smail(a)gmail(d)com) on Mon Apr 30th, 2007 at 10:39:59 AM EST
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That would be a much funnier association for 'the little red-brick school up the river'. "Hair care" less so.

by someone (s0me1smail(a)gmail(d)com) on Mon Apr 30th, 2007 at 10:30:46 AM EST
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