18:03 Nov 27, 2015 |
Norwegian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / expressions | |||||||
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2 +1 | vagrant riff-raff |
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3 | (derogatory for) gypsies |
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vagrant riff-raff Explanation: "Fant" translates as "tramp" or "vagrant", and "pakk" is "scum" or "riff-raff". https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagrancy_(people) |
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(derogatory for) gypsies Explanation: It's derogatory, of course, but "fant" was in the past in some places used for Gypsies/Roma/Romani/Travelers. "Fantepakk" was derogatory for a group of these people, or one of those belonging to these groups. Fant/tater/sigøyner were probably used indiscriminately for any of these groups. From the link I included: Siden 1800-tallet har betegnelsen «tater» gjerne blitt brukt på Østlandet og i Trøndelag i nedsettende form om romanisele/sinti og andre folk med et fremmed utseende, mørkt hår og mørke øyne, som gjerne snakket gebrokkent norsk. På Sørlandet og i Telemark har også betegnelsen «fant» vært benyttet, som «splint» ble benyttet på Vestlandet. I Nord-Norge var de kjent som «fark».[1] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2015-11-27 20:38:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Gypsy scum should have been the target term. I had trouble writing that and left it up to you to come up with a "suitable" derogatory term. So the target term I wrote is not accurate. Reference: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skandinaviske_romanifolk |
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