Comment on Fart kontrol

GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• nao@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Probably Denmark then. European route E47 goes from Germany to Sweden, E55 from Greece to Sweden. In Denmark they share the same physical road for a while.

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  • VonReposti@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    These signs are not Danish, not officially at least. “Fartkontrol” is a Danish word but the sign is not an official sign and in Denmark we wouldn’t split “fart” and “kontrol” into separate words.

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    • breecher@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The first one is Danish. It is split up like that because of the width of the sign, and it is an official sign. The second one isn’t Danish.

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• lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  i think we figured out last time this was posted that it’s danish.

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• Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Hmm I’ve been to Sweden and I’ve seen many fart kontrol signs. I know because I took funny selfies in front of them

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  • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    ‘Fart’ does refer to speed occasionally, but the key here is that it’s always called ‘Hastighetskontroll’ in Swedish. Note the double ‘L’ in ‘kontroll’ and the compounding of ‘hastighet’ and ‘kontroll’.

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    then you weren’t in sweden. we dont even signpost them.

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• jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I guess this is where we get “haste”?

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    and “fart” is where you get “fare”, as in to travel. or rather, we both got them from german.

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Ok, “fart” is where English gets “fare”, that makes sense I guess. Is that coincidentally where English gets “far”? Otherwise I’d think it’s closer to where we get “wide”. Like weit gefahren?

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  • bricklove@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’d be more accurate to say they share the same origin. Swedish and English are both part of the Germanic language family.

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    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      English has a lot of influence from both Germanic and Latin, to the point where I don’t think it’s reasonable to classify it as a strictly “Germanic” language.

      There are plenty of English words that can be traced to old Norse (i.e. Norwegian Viking occupiers, raiders, and/or traders).

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      • breecher@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Linguists disagree with you.

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• SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  ‘Hastighet’ means velocity.

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