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maskin og øm

English translation: engine and tender

22:46 Oct 12, 2003
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Norwegian term or phrase: maskin og øm
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Gary
English translation:engine and tender
Explanation:
If you translate 'engine and tender' with some automatic translation software, you could get such a result as 'maskin og øm'. Language is truly a wonderful thing.
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Lars Finsen
Local time: 21:46
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3 +3engine and tender
Lars Finsen
3Don't know
brigidm


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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Don't know


Explanation:
agree with Richard Lawson

brigidm
Norway
Local time: 21:46
Native speaker of: English
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
engine and tender


Explanation:
If you translate 'engine and tender' with some automatic translation software, you could get such a result as 'maskin og øm'. Language is truly a wonderful thing.

Lars Finsen
Local time: 21:46
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in pair: 44
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Lawson: This is certainly a plausible explanation, but why do people waste our time with this kind of junk?
14 hrs
  -> Don't ask me. Maybe they are testing their software. Things like this have appeared here before. Or maybe they're testing us? Or just having fun?
agree  Trond Ruud: A sore machine perhaps? :-)
1 day 39 mins
  -> Lokomotiv med tender er vel kanskje den opprinnelige meningen.
agree  Roald Toskedal: Konstruktivt, Lars!
2 days 20 hrs
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