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Re:I Now Pronounce You Legally Null and Void by Thlom on Monday June 11, 2018 @04:51PM (#17288474)
In Scandinavia we have the term "kjæreste" which roughly translates to "most beloved". When I think about I believe it's only in Norway and Sweden we have that word. In Sweden they have the word ælskling which means much the same thing. Both used in much the same way as boyfriend/girlfriend, but without the gender and without the implied youth so can be used by both young and old.
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Re:I Now Pronounce You Legally Null and Void by hikarudo on Monday June 11, 2018 @06:27PM (#17289163)
Would "dearest" be close to "kjæreste"?
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Re:I Now Pronounce You Legally Null and Void by simongr3dal on Monday June 11, 2018 @06:38PM (#17289241)
Spot on.
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Re:I Now Pronounce You Legally Null and Void by implying on Monday June 11, 2018 @05:00PM (#17288547)
The Danes have this word too, I found it missing from English vocabulary while learning the language.
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Re:I Now Pronounce You Legally Null and Void by poulsbohemian on Monday June 11, 2018 @04:56PM (#17288508)
Love it! I think this moment is the birth of a new English loanword.
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Re:I Now Pronounce You Legally Null and Void by therein on Monday June 11, 2018 @06:49PM (#17289297)
It would be if `kjæreste` didn't have `æ` in it and were easy to pronounce for an English speaker.
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Re:I Now Pronounce You Legally Null and Void by cat199 on Monday June 11, 2018 @07:45PM (#17289583)
The glyph `æ` is part of the english language.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86#English

generally it is not used in the us, as we have dropped it.

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