Painful hugs and Poison Gifts: When the same words mean different things in Danish and English

How to Live in Denmark
09/08/2013 3 min
Painful hugs and Poison Gifts: When the same words mean different things in Danish and English

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Danish words and English words can look similar, but some of the similarities are deceiving. A Danish hug is not comforting. And slut is not a slut. This is the fifth episode of the "How to Live in Denmark podcast", and originally ran in 2013. Get all of Kay Xander Mellish's books about Denmark at http://books.howtoliveindenmark.com. Book Kay for a talk to your group or organization at http://events.howtoliveindenmark.com.

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