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From: arteca1 (arteca79@gmail.com)
Date: 07/12/2006-20:09

Hello, everyone. This is sort of an odd request and i haven't been able to find
anyone who could help me out. My grandparents were from Norway and before my
grandmother died, she always called me a name that she said meant "rascal" or
that I was being "naughty" but I have looked these words up and can't find
anything remotely like how she said it. I don't speak Norwegian so it is hard
for me to look it up. 

Phonetically, in English, it looks like this "SOONG a NING a"...this probably
doesn't help...but if you know what the word is, please help!



Reply #1
From: Jad
Date: 09/12/2006-15:11
Do you know where in Norway she came from? From your description I can't really
think of anything similar, but in Norway we have a lot of different expressions
for the different dialects. 

That your words ends with an "a", might in some dialects be a plural ending, and
in some dialects a feminine ending, which would be my guess in your case. 




Reply #2
From: Mito (mito@mitoonline.net) (www.mitoonline.net)
Date: 15/04/2007-00:29
where I come from "cal" or "kall" as we say it, are an old man. "Ras" however
could be lots of things. In your case I believe it is "mad". Another word would
be "sint" which means "angry" 

Its an expression my grandparents called everyone that didnt behave. Hope my
answer helped you to understand it a little more. 

Regards 
Mito


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