Episode 6: The Bathtub Distribution

Knut and Chris talk about body idealism, when it's okay to touch your colleagues, and why Norwegians can't quite bring themselves to mix up their social circles. Knut wonders if Norwegians are lonely; Chris can't pronounce 'operationalise'.

Knut and Chris talk about body idealism, when it's okay to touch your colleagues, and why Norwegians can't quite bring themselves to mix up their social circles. Knut wonders if Norwegians are lonely; Chris can't pronounce 'operationalise'.

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"dog days" - Oxford Dictionaries — "a period of inactivity or sluggishness""Dreich" - Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryHow to pronounce 'dreich' in Scots — Audio files of Scots saying 'dreich'!Knut's grit class - Les Mills HIIT Series - YouTubeRussia Might Ban Cigarettes for Everyone Born After 2014 | TIMEChris's fitness centre - torture equipmentMax Weber - Die protestantische Ethik og der "Geist" das Kapitalismus [pdf] Is it more common to write longer sentences in German than in English? - German Language Stack Exchange —
Ich finde, dass man in der deutschen Sprache definitiv eher längere Sätze verwendet, die, vorwiegend durch lange Nebensätze künstlich aufgebläht, den Leser oft anstrengen, weil dieser den Satz oft mehrfach lesen muss, um den Gedanken des Autors zu erfassen, was schnelles Lesen verhindert und den Lesenden oft aus seinem Lesefluss reist, wie man zum Beispiel an diesem äußerst lange Kommentar sehen kann, welcher - trotz seiner beachtlichen Länge - aus nur einem einzigen, vielfach mit Kommata unterteilten, Satz besteht, welcher hier sein Ende findet.Availability heuristic - WikipediaBritene elsker norsk kultur, og mer skal det bli - AftenpostenThe hygge conspiracy | Charlotte Higgins | Life and style | The GuardianBioingeniør Mahad mister retten til å jobbe etter 17 år i Norge"Allsang" - Johnny Logan "You Raise Me Up" - TV 2 Norway "Allsang på grensen" - YouTubeNorwegian Happy Birthday Song - YouTubeNylund (2014) - The Many Ways of Civil Mediation Mediation in Norway - ResearchGateThe Microwaved Pet : snopes.comThe Social Guidebook to Norway [subtitle: rubbing Knut the wrong way]NRK Radio - Strøm/Wasenius - 31.12.2016Kebabnorsk - WikipediaIkkje ver ein seteslusk! Ta omsyn til andre passasjerar. - YouTube — The ad campaign made by one of Knut and Chris’s colleagues.Blend your friends — Will It Blend? | Presented by BlendtecFifty Shades of Grey - Wikipedia