Hello/Hallo! Welcome to another segment of
"Weird shit Norwegians say 🇳🇴 (number ???)
This time; expressions which seems to be inspired by the great Norwegian wilderness 🌲(Part 1)
🇳🇴Bokmål Norwegian; "Nå er du/jeg virkelig ute å kjører!"
🇳🇴Nynorsk Norwegian; "No er eg/du verkeleg ute å køyrar!"
🇬🇧 Literal meaning; "Now I am/you are really out (there) driving!"
🇬🇧Actual meaning; Someone is getting lost/has no clue of anything/are being stupid/dumb/has no clue what the fuck they are doing/something you do is hella confusing!
🇳🇴Bokmål/Nynorsk; "Denne fyren er virkelig ute å kjører!/Denne karen er verkeleg ute å køyrar!"
🇬🇧This guy/this dude is really out there driving!
When trying to understand this expression; think about someone (or yourself) driving and getting lost out in the wilderness and that they/you have no idea where they/you are or where they/you are heading. Which seems to be a very Norwegian thing to do as we have a lot of forests and wilderness and many places with no signal! Please try not to get lost!
Bonus🌟; (an expression that pretty much means the same as the above but this expression is probably more often used than the other expression)
🇳🇴 Bokmål/Nynorsk; "Du er helt på blåbærtur!/Du er verkeleg på blåbærtur!"
When used in a question; "Er du helt/verkeleg på blåbær tur, du eller!?!?"
🇬🇧Literal meaning; "You are completely on a 'blueberry trip'/ you are totally out there picking blueberries!" Question; "Are you on a blue berry trip/out there picking blueberries or (something)??"
🇬🇧Actual meaning; "You are lost in the head/you are really wacko/you have no idea what you are doing sweety!"/"Sweety are you lost or something??"
I don't really know why "being on a trip looking for blueberries/being out picking blueberries are seen as such a bad thing?? Blueberries are delicious! And hey! If anything is for free and up for grabs (like blueberries are when found outside in the wilderness!) you can sure bet your sweet ass that we Norwegians will take it! We love free stuff as Norway is one helluva expenssive country! BUT; My guess as for why the expression "being on a berrytrip/looking for berry" is used like this, is that just like when you are out driving, you can also easily get lost while walking around in the forest focusing on finding berries. Or maybe not anymore..as you all probably have GPS on your phone now. BUT; these expressions were used way before that..so..keep that in mind! Why the expression is only used on blueberries however is a mystery to me. Maybe because they are the most common berries to find in a Norwegian forest? (At least the most easiest to find that are not posionous!)
By the way; both of these expressions can be used pretty "mildly" and sometimes they are used among friends or family to express that their friend or family-member (or even to describe oneself) as a "little lost/a little confused/dense" but its usually not used as an actual mean insult! People are usually not really offended by these expressions. HOWEVER; someone might be! You never know! People are different! So try to think about who you are talking to/texting with/typing with before using any of these expressions!)
🇳🇴Det var det! Vi Sees neste gang/Vi sjåast neste gong i del 2.
🇬🇧 That was it! (we will be seeing each other next time!) See you next time in the 2nd part.
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