håret ville ikke tage imod permanent

English translation: hair will not take a perm

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Danish term or phrase:	håret ville ikke tage imod permanent
English translation:	hair will not take a perm
Entered by:	ebell

09:15 Jan 11, 2010

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Danish term or phrase: håret ville ikke tage imod permanent

Would someone be able to clarify what this means, please?
'håret ville ikke tage imod permanent'
Am I right in thinking that it means 'her hair will not take a perm'?

Thanks

ebell KudoZ activity Questions: 640 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 108
Local time: 21:41

hair will not take a perm

Explanation:

I think you are perfectly right.
Politikens Nudansk Ordbog gives the following:
permanent1 sb. -en, -er, -erne
* behandling af hår med kemiske stoffer så fx krøller holder sig i længere tid

_ hun er hos frisøren for at få en permanent
_ permanentvæske

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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 22:41

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hair will not take a perm

Christine Andersen

hair will not accept (a) perm

Marianne Sorensen

it is useless to try to give a permanent to this woman

Charlesp

Discussion entries: 4

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hair will not take a perm

Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 22:41
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 75

Grading comment

Many thanks for the confirmation!

1 hr confidence:

hair will not accept (a) perm

Explanation:
If you are translating the sentence from Danish into English you could use the verb 'accept' (I think it can be 'a' perm or just perm). The verb 'accept' is also use about e.g. skin tonic (one of the functions of skin tonic is to prepare the skin to accept moisturizer). The sentences below can be found on the website links.

Example sentence(s):

But women with fine, smooth, or stick-straight hair often find their hair will either lose a perm in a few weeks or won't accept a perm at all.
A good stylist will always take into consideration the porosity of a client's hair. How it will accept perm solution.

Reference: http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Complete-Curl---Guide-to-Perming...
Reference: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Hairstyling-1565/perming.htm

Marianne Sorensen
Denmark
Local time: 22:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Danish

8 hrs confidence:

it is useless to try to give a permanent to this woman

Explanation:
more collequolically said.

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 22:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

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