• murmelade@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    In Swedish ‘skit’ (=shit) is a prefix added as emphasis to a lot of descriptions, can get pretty funny some times. For example ‘skitbra’ = shit good, ‘skitdåligt’ = shit bad, ‘skitlite’ = shit little, ‘skitmycket’ = shit a lot.

    • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months ago

      Re Skitbra, does that mean that “bra” is “good”?

      I ask because in parts of Scotland there’s the word “braw”, which has the same meaning. Wonder if there’s a connection there.

        • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 months ago

          It’s widely used in Fife and possibly north of that. Don’t think it’s common in Glasgow or Edinburgh though.

          It gives us the saying, “It’s a braw, bricht, moonlicht, nicht” :-)

          EDIT: Apparently it’s from the French, brave, but the Swedish similarity is noted too :-)

    • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Same in Norway with “drit-”. It can also be used as a suffix indicating “thing” or “stuff”.

      • murmelade@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        I’d love an example or two of the suffix use, I don’t think we do that in Swedish.

        • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          It’s sometimes done when referring to a category or generalizing a noun, often in a derogatory way. I’m sure it works in Swedish too.

          Person 1: “Hva ble det til middag”
          Person 2: “Noe pastadrit…”

    • x4740N@lemm.eeOP
      1·
      3 months ago

      I read “skitmycket” as “suck my shit” at first because it sounds really close to that