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That's a hoot! I've heard this called COL (Cat On Lap Syndrome). I
never heard of that strip. I love the names, as they are names of folk
singers that I like.

Katz wrote:

That's a hoot! I've heard this called COL (Cat On Lap Syndrome).

Well, years ago, someone on this ng claimed that there was a Swedish
word that means "I can't come to the door because I have a cat on my
lap." I haven't since been able to get anyone to validate that claim,
and I guess I have to face the fact that I've had my chain yanked.
Still, it's a good idea for a word, isn't it?

I never heard of that strip. I love the names, as they are names
of folk singers that I like.

Yeah, I think that was probably intentional. The couple in the strip
are sort of post-hippie-ish.

Joyce

wrote:

Katz wrote:

That's a hoot! I've heard this called COL (Cat On Lap Syndrome).

Well, years ago, someone on this ng claimed that there was a Swedish
word that means "I can't come to the door because I have a cat on my
lap." I haven't since been able to get anyone to validate that claim,
and I guess I have to face the fact that I've had my chain yanked.
Still, it's a good idea for a word, isn't it?

I'm afraid you have had your chain yanked. My home language is Swedish
and I've never heard a word that would mean that, in spite of living
with cats my whole life. )


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Marina wrote:

I'm afraid you have had your chain yanked. My home language is
Swedish and I've never heard a word that would mean that

Whoops, it wasn't Swedish. It was an unspecified Scandanavian country.
And it wasn't a definitive statement, it was a "I once heard that..."
kind of statement. I finally looked up the post, and my only defense for
my poor recollection is that it was posted several years ago. Here it is:

OSPAM (LStlaurenc)
Subject: Can't move....
Date: 12 Nov 1999 02:51:46 GMT

Did anyone else see the program on PBS a couple of years back about
the Scandinavian country that has a special word in its language
meaning "Sorry I can't get up to greet you now; I have a cat in my
lap"? Maybe we should all go there to live?

Joyce

wrote:

Marina wrote:

I'm afraid you have had your chain yanked. My home language is
Swedish and I've never heard a word that would mean that

Whoops, it wasn't Swedish. It was an unspecified Scandanavian country.
And it wasn't a definitive statement, it was a "I once heard that..."
kind of statement. I finally looked up the post, and my only defense for
my poor recollection is that it was posted several years ago. Here it is:

OSPAM (LStlaurenc)
Subject: Can't move....
Date: 12 Nov 1999 02:51:46 GMT

Did anyone else see the program on PBS a couple of years back about
the Scandinavian country that has a special word in its language
meaning "Sorry I can't get up to greet you now; I have a cat in my
lap"? Maybe we should all go there to live?

Yes, I see. But I understand all the Scandinavian languages fairly well
(all related to Swedish, except Finnish which I know because I live in
Finland), and I still can't think of such a word. It's a nice thought,
though.


--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Marina wrote:

Yes, I see. But I understand all the Scandinavian languages fairly well
(all related to Swedish, except Finnish which I know because I live in
Finland), and I still can't think of such a word. It's a nice thought,
though.

All these years, I've nursed this lovely little illusion that somewhere
in Scandanavia, there was an actual word meaning "I have a cat on my lap."
I think we need such a word!! It certainly comes up in my life often enough.

Joyce

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wrote:

Marina wrote:

I'm afraid you have had your chain yanked. My home language is
Swedish and I've never heard a word that would mean that

Whoops, it wasn't Swedish. It was an unspecified Scandanavian country.
And it wasn't a definitive statement, it was a "I once heard that..."
kind of statement. I finally looked up the post, and my only defense
for
my poor recollection is that it was posted several years ago. Here it
is:

OSPAM (LStlaurenc)
Subject: Can't move....
Date: 12 Nov 1999 02:51:46 GMT

Did anyone else see the program on PBS a couple of years back about
the Scandinavian country that has a special word in its language
meaning "Sorry I can't get up to greet you now; I have a cat in my
lap"? Maybe we should all go there to live?

Yes, I see. But I understand all the Scandinavian languages fairly well
(all related to Swedish, except Finnish which I know because I live in
Finland), and I still can't think of such a word. It's a nice thought,
though.


I haven't been to Finland, but I manage to amuse my Swedish and Danish
colleagues. My limited attempts to speak in the local tongue seem
invariably to result in my speaking Svensk to the Danes and Dansk to the
Swedes.