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You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it. I'm Grant Barrett and I'm Martha Barnett

Norwegian. Let's talk about Norwegian. We never talk about Norwegian. We don't do we? But let's okay Okay. We got an email from

Zach Bressler who's originally from Omaha, Nebraska, but he's

studying in Norway as a doctoral student and he's picked up a lot of

great Norwegian slang that I know you're going to dig.

Yes, please.

One of the expressions translates as to be in the middle of the butter's eye.

Be in the middle of the butter's eyes, butter as in the thing you spread on toast.

Mm-hmm. And it means to be in exactly the best possible spot.

And the idea there is that there's a Norwegian rice pudding called a Riesglut or something like that.

And traditionally you put a spoon of butter in the middle and it slightly melts before serving.

It sounds just perfect.

But if you're in the middle of the butter's eye you're in exactly the right place.

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