This guy whose girlfriend is from Norway shared ’10 Norwegian quirks the British mind cannot understand’ and it’s a proper eye-opener

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Have a couple of add ons to this:

Everyone say’s «hi» to each other when hiking

Every year we sell toilet paper to each other to fund tournament-participation for our kids Football-teams

— Espen Knoph (@YungSvendsen) October 9, 2024

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That’s it!

Hope you enjoyed.

I’ll be sharing more observations on Norwegian culture going forward as I integrate into this fascinating society. pic.twitter.com/bwhgUDwYvO

— Thomas Hornall (@Thomashornall) October 9, 2024

Thomas’ post ended up going viral, leading to a discussion about British quirks on Sara Cox’s show on Radio 2.

My thread made @BBCRadio2.

Inspired segment on “British Quirks” after I listed Norwegian oddities.

The “Glaswegian-Norwegian” is taking off

Thanks @sarajcox for this fun bit! pic.twitter.com/HNz5xrMYdT

— Thomas Hornall (@Thomashornall) October 10, 2024

Here’s just some of the love for Thomas’ thoughts.

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When I was in Finland I got drunk with my finnish friend. Next day he mentioned about „speaking norwegian” after the party. Then he explained that „speaking norwegian” means vomiting in Finland 😀

— Emil (@Emilnowak123) October 9, 2024

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Haha, I can relate to some of those. My partner is Danish. We constantly debate how to tell the time correctly, and why they leave babies outside cafes in their prams. She speaks multiple languages and is better at English than me. Key word in our house is Hygge ☺️

— CopelandC (@CopelandViews) October 9, 2024

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Had some Norwegian family friends stay over this week. They brought us brown cheese and a cheese slicer as gifts, and we discussed how my friend kept his kids in a pram in the cold when they were babies. Are we/they a stereotype..? https://t.co/nNuyhGMNJQ

— Emily Hodson (@e_hodson) October 9, 2024

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The biggest thing I struggled with when I lived in Norway was their hatred of small talk a Norwegian friend told me that I was upsetting cashiers by asking about their day etc. also didn’t like that I would raise my hand to thank cars at crossings and asked if it was a tic !!

— kira (@matty_murdock) October 9, 2024

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This has convinced me to move to Norway https://t.co/vgxAZ9wwgL

— Resident Sad Girl (@emmakatehate) October 9, 2024

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Most of those quirks are common all around the Nordic countries, especially in Sweden, Finland and Norway.

— Harri Vasara (@harrivasara) October 9, 2024

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– “Halv to” messed me up multiple times.
– Still don’t understand pålegg
– Bags on the grocery store cost money, but the grocery store keeps roll of free recyclable bags outside
– Hei and Hallo aren’t the same, Hallo is sort of stern or rude

— William (@iChuloo) October 9, 2024

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I was raised and schooled in Norway. Great list. Add: funny names for things (like grønnsaker – green things (vegetables), kjempevesp-giant wasp (hornet)) and salt liquorice. Vile. As is brunost. Hated it. Packed for school lunches at least once a week. Picked it out every time.

— Elizabeth Roberts (@docrobertsdiet) October 10, 2024

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The American mind cannot comprehend having an Outside Baby™️

— T Money (@AlwaysPlayerToo) October 9, 2024

Source: Twitter/X/Thomashornall