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Word of the Week: POLTERABEND

18/2/2013

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The traditional German pre-wedding Polterabend, a party that involves the smashing of crockery for good luck (to be cleaned up by the newlyweds-to-be), has migrated northwards. The Danes use the same word, and just like modern Germans they have devised many more fun ways to celebrate the day than just smashing old plates or toilet bowls. As a matter of fact, toilet bowl races seem to be all the rage, as witnessed by this picture!

The image is from www.superevent.dk.
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Helen
19/2/2013 08:18:37 pm

toilet bowl races! Sounds like a lot of fun :)

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Tuula
4/3/2013 05:07:11 pm

Hei Birte! In the Finnish language we also have many words borrowed from German. However, we like to localize them to suit our pronunciation patterns... and therefore Polterabend has become "polttarit" bei uns! I think most Finns know the origin of the word though.

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