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What words and phrases in your language are influenced from English? (feddit.org)

submitted 23 hours ago by LarryStern@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Native English speaker here who celebrates Norwegian heritage with my dad. I myself am not Norwegian or a native speaker of it, but since I'm already a native English speaker, we have sjokk (shock) I guess???

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[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago

"Raite", noun which refers to hitching a ride with someone, and "guachiman"/"guachi" to refer to a guard or watchman.