So, here's my takeaway: the Danish key to happiness is "deep fried things".
🤔I'm going to have to test this by spending the weekend in pursuit of happiness. I'm willing to take one for the team because I'm dedicated to science like that.😉
She’s already living in “the new earth!” We will absolutely thrive as a species, when we make the choice to help one another, and when more billionaires wake up and realize that they benefit from a “WE” society too. They would still be the rich ones, which is fine because not everybody wants that
Never heard this word before last night when I watched a YouTube video including a narrowboat named Hygge. And now I see this post. Is anything really a coincidence? Hmmmm
I love that the wiktionary definition is "to have a good time, being cosy and comfortable, possibly by one's self".
"hygge, verb
- (intransitive) to have a good time
- (intransitive) to make it comfortable, cozy (with the preposition om)
- (reflexive) to have a good time, enjoy oneself"
You know someone’s got it figured out when they have all these extra words for types of happinesses that don’t translate to English. The world has so much beauty in so many places. It’s a shame there’s so much missing in so many places where there’s really no good excuse.
In Sweden we say 'lagom'. Which has no equivalence in USA where I live now. Lagom is 'enough' but in a way where you feel there is a balance between stuff and spirit. A self imposed equilibrium. Not too much, not too little. That also translate into society.
"Hygge" derives from the Norse "hyggja" or "hugr" which means to think or remember. It is a state of contemplation, but without any religious or spiritual context.
In Norway the hygge is most famously achieved in your hytte (simple wooden cabin) with a fire in the stove. So we have "hyttehygge" 😇
More of this lovely lifestyle content please in viral circulation state-side… there are folks who genuinely think the rest of the world lives in darkness because WWII was the last unit they remember from high school & have never left the country… if they had opportunity to get that far… 🫠
This is an obscure (American made) movie that has stayed with me when I first saw it. It's got ALL the stereotypes. Twee names, abject poverty and alcoholism; the pervasive air of dysentery.
We mostly got a little of WWI, then skipped over the Depression to WWII. I remember counting in my textbook the entire -two- paragraphs on the Vietnam War AND the 1960s-70s counterculture.
Our book ended with Reagan being elected. I’m not sure when it was published but we used it new in 1989-90.
By that time I’d already been out of the country & had explored several others during a foreign language trip to Europe. I wish I had followed my mother’s advice & kept a diary, but that’s never been my strong suit. I saw wonderful things & I will always recommend travel!
No doubt she would get it right. It is hard to advise people how to say it, especially if they don't speak another language. There is a sound in French, but alas...
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🤔I'm going to have to test this by spending the weekend in pursuit of happiness. I'm willing to take one for the team because I'm dedicated to science like that.😉
"hygge, verb
- (intransitive) to have a good time
- (intransitive) to make it comfortable, cozy (with the preposition om)
- (reflexive) to have a good time, enjoy oneself"
In Norway the hygge is most famously achieved in your hytte (simple wooden cabin) with a fire in the stove. So we have "hyttehygge" 😇
I need some hygge.
This is an obscure (American made) movie that has stayed with me when I first saw it. It's got ALL the stereotypes. Twee names, abject poverty and alcoholism; the pervasive air of dysentery.
Ireland in American media:
"Da, da - the shitbucket's full!"
🤣🇮🇪
Is this a full movie?
Our book ended with Reagan being elected. I’m not sure when it was published but we used it new in 1989-90.
By that time I’d already been out of the country & had explored several others during a foreign language trip to Europe. I wish I had followed my mother’s advice & kept a diary, but that’s never been my strong suit. I saw wonderful things & I will always recommend travel!
However, you got the gist of it, and it is a mutable thing, and can, with the extension of 'ligt' mean delightfully cosy.
I am still trying to wrap my head around 'homely' being 'homey'.