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2026-09-10 16:44 UTC

@linguistgoneforeign@mastodon.social I was introduced the other day to a Norwegian children's song full of Norwegian puns involving the word "brilleslange" (spectacled cobra, but also a playground taunt for glasses-wearers). But at one point it also *possibly* mentions the singing of "billesanger", thereby implying a sort of cross-language pun: • bille = beetle • sanger = songs and therefore • billesanger = Beetles songs (But it might just be a mistake in someone's transcription of the song words.)

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  • @timtfj@mastodon.social 2026-09-10 16:54

    @linguistgoneforeign@mastodon.social (The song advises the spectacle-wearer to become a big and dangerous brilleslange, and not various other possibilities like a sykkelslange (bicycle inner tube)).

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