Richard Fortey Quotes
Little Bits Of Norwegian Came To Me By A Kind Of Aural Osmosis. The Most Surprising Linguistic Fact I Learned Was The Impoverishment Of That Language In Swear Words. In Fact, There Is Only One- 'farn'- Which Merely Means Something Like 'devil Take It!', But Is Considered Very Rude By A Well Brought-up Viking. It Has To Pass Muster For Most Of The Everyday Tragedies That Beset An Expedition. If A Finger Is Hammered, You Jump Up And Down And Cry 'farn'; If You Drop An Outstanding Fossil Irretrievably Into The Sea, You Splutter For A While And Then Mutter 'farn' Under Your Breath. If All Your Provisions Were Carried Away By A Hurricane And Death Were Guaranteed, All The Poor Norwegian Could Do Would Be To Stand On The Shingle And Cry 'farn' Into The Wind. Somehow This Does Not Seem Adequate For The Occasion.
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