Sunday, February 3, 2008

Kaerlig

I wish to thank the person who stopped by to leave a comment about my "lovely" nickname. I see my sister-in-law also, at one point, left a comment asking what it means. "Kaerlig" means Loving in Danish although I'm fairly certain that it's similarly spelled in Norwegian and perhaps Swedish.

I spent a school year in Denmark many years ago, and learned some of the language. Letters to good friends were signed "Med kaerlig hilsen" (with loving greetings) or "Kaerlig hilsen fra Danmark" (loving greetings from Denmark). "Mor" means mom. So how do I define myself? I'm a mom, and I love my kidlets. So...the nickname KaerligMor seemed appropriate, as well as unique. Besides all that, Danish is a fun language :-) Jeg snakker lidt dansk, men ikke saa meget end da jeg gik til skole der over. Det har vaeret mere end 20 aar siden da jeg var en student paa University Center af Aalborg. To my danish friends (readers?) Jeg onsker i alle en glaedelig dag!