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[sophrosyne31]

Two things I learned overseas:

In Swedish, 'end of season sale' is spelt SLUTSPURT.

Yes.

I have a newspaper ad from Stockholm on my kitchen wall to prove it.

And there is an artist who sells at Spitalfields market whose entire oeuvre I should so much like to buy if I weren't poor:

Here is Dan Hillier's stuff, molto Victoriana-grotesque!I have

Comments

[misstrixi]

Um, yeah, I can see how that word would look to a non-native... ;) I've honestly never noticed before!

[sophrosyne31]

Er, it was a bit of a shock to see SLUTSPURT in a newspaper at 7am when I had just arrived in the country. I thought perhaps it was a secret message to me. :)

[msilverstar]

SLUTSPURT!

I hope your dinner either tempted you to hunger or was good warmed up the next day :-)

[sophrosyne31]

Dinner was yum! I had it tonight too! I love dinner. It makes my tummy happy.

Merry spurting to you, m'dear!

[alassenya]

Slutspurt is my new favourite word!

[sophrosyne31]

What isn't it good for??

It was a real slutspurt of a day. The rain slutspurted on the footpath. The team slutspurted their chances at the final.

Swedes also have chocolate bars called 'Cack' and 'Plopp'. The perfect addition to any mantelpiece (as in casa mia).