Talk:Lagom
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There seems to be a Dutch equivalent, but it's a whole phrase: "Doe maar gewoon, dan doe je al gek genoeg"; "act normal, you would be acting crazy enough" which is almost only used in sentences like "The typical Dutch 'Doe maar gewoon, dan doe je al gek genoeg' mentality that keeps anyone from outperforming others to avoid jealousy".
[edit] Audio
Would it be possible for a native speaker to post a soundclip of the word?
[edit] Norwegian Equivalent
The word "lagom" exist in several dialects of Norwegian. It is also accepted in both written variations of Norwegian, Bokmål and Nynorsk. So it's inaccurate to claim that it's a purely Swedish word with no equivalents in other languages. It might very well be Swedish in origin, but since it's also intergrated into the Norwegian language, this should also be mentioned.
See here for proof; "http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/ordboksoek/ordbok.cgi?OPP=lagom&ordbok=bokmaal&s=n&alfabet=n&renset=j" and "http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/ordboksoek/ordbok.cgi?OPP=lagom&ordbok=nynorsk&s=n&alfabet=n&renset=j"
or http://www.ordnett.no/ordbok.html?search=lagom&publications=5&publications=2&publications=23&publications=1&publications=3&publications=20&publications=24&publications=25&publications=26&publications=28&publications=27" (might require registration)
Thus I changed a paragraph dealing with the word's supposed untranslatability to include the Norwegian "lagom". I expect those inclined to remove this to discuss it here first. Mogura 10:07, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey guys! I have just found this great definition of the word lagom; LUKEWARM. Eh? eh??! :D! Ex dee, ex dee! Well you can't aswer the question "How much coffee do you want?", because you'd be all like "lukewarm, please" and then it's like "what, moderately warm?", but who'd want that? Gotta be hot, y'know? (h)Aaaaanywayyys... see you around guys! (a)
- No more sugar for you little man.
- :-) 195.24.29.51 14:17, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Quote and cite, don't plagiarize
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