So who wants to learn some northern Norwegian curse words? Check out the second video in this article. At 7 seconds you hear a kid ask "Ka faen skjer?" You hear it repeated several times in the...
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So who wants to learn some northern Norwegian curse words? Check out the second video in this article.
At 7 seconds you hear a kid ask "Ka faen skjer?"
You hear it repeated several times in the video. Literal translation: "What the devil is happening?". We have lots of names for the devil: Faen, Satan, Djæveln, Dæven, styggen sjøl (the ugly one himself), Gammel-Erik (old Erik), etc. The first two (faen and satan) are used much like the English word "fuck", including as adjectives or adverbs ("faens" and "satans").
At 14 seconds: "Å satan."
The devil invoked again, to indicate surprise, and not in a good way. Used like "oh shit".
At 16 seconds: "Fy faen."
An interesting variant. "Fy" is an onomatopoeia resembling the sound of spitting. It's commonly used to express disapproval at a person or an animal. In this case, it just strengthens the word or phrase following it.
At 37 seconds: "Å fytti faen."
A variant of the previous, but more often used to indicate disapproval than surprise. You hear in the way he says it that it's more contemplative.
At 41 seconds: "Hælvete."
Literally: "Hell". Often used to express frustration. You can hear the exasperation in his voice.
All the examples used in this video are religious, but we also frequently bring up human anatomy and faecal matter.
The imagery is incredible. This is my new pick for most beautiful launch site. Bonus points for not being in a sensitive, populated wetland, too. Looks like the engines started to frantically...
The imagery is incredible. This is my new pick for most beautiful launch site. Bonus points for not being in a sensitive, populated wetland, too.
Looks like the engines started to frantically gimbal pretty early, so perhaps the software got confused by out-of-spec telemetry. Thrust seemed alright, so hopefully it's just a software bug.
I hope we learn more about their FTS decision tree. Were they really willing to risk the almost-full-weight rocket crashing into their (very unprotected) launch facility?
Isar Aerospace made a historic first orbital launch attempt from European Soil, well west Europe. Unfortunately, the launch failed after a few seconds as the booster lost control and fell into the water just a few hundred meters from the launch site.
Can we figure out what happened?
So who wants to learn some northern Norwegian curse words? Check out the second video in this article.
At 7 seconds you hear a kid ask "Ka faen skjer?"
You hear it repeated several times in the video. Literal translation: "What the devil is happening?". We have lots of names for the devil: Faen, Satan, Djæveln, Dæven, styggen sjøl (the ugly one himself), Gammel-Erik (old Erik), etc. The first two (faen and satan) are used much like the English word "fuck", including as adjectives or adverbs ("faens" and "satans").
At 14 seconds: "Å satan."
The devil invoked again, to indicate surprise, and not in a good way. Used like "oh shit".
At 16 seconds: "Fy faen."
An interesting variant. "Fy" is an onomatopoeia resembling the sound of spitting. It's commonly used to express disapproval at a person or an animal. In this case, it just strengthens the word or phrase following it.
At 37 seconds: "Å fytti faen."
A variant of the previous, but more often used to indicate disapproval than surprise. You hear in the way he says it that it's more contemplative.
At 41 seconds: "Hælvete."
Literally: "Hell". Often used to express frustration. You can hear the exasperation in his voice.
All the examples used in this video are religious, but we also frequently bring up human anatomy and faecal matter.
The imagery is incredible. This is my new pick for most beautiful launch site. Bonus points for not being in a sensitive, populated wetland, too.
Looks like the engines started to frantically gimbal pretty early, so perhaps the software got confused by out-of-spec telemetry. Thrust seemed alright, so hopefully it's just a software bug.
I hope we learn more about their FTS decision tree. Were they really willing to risk the almost-full-weight rocket crashing into their (very unprotected) launch facility?
If nothing else, we got some spectacular pictures. Andøya is an amazingly beautiful place.
First Orbital Rocket Launched From European Soil, Becomes First Rocket To Crash In European Waters. (Scott Manley)