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I would like to apologise to all Danes for spilling the beans on this but

Jeans are referred to as "cowboybukser" (cowboy pants) in Danish

By extension, all denim clothes are cowboy-whatever in Danish

As a result of this, my partner's washing machine has a setting that's only labelled "Cowboy"

May 6, 2024 at 5:58pmWeb
Show threadMontessori Space Programme 🛸May 6, 2024
Dane carcass in alley this morning. Tire tread on cowboy pants. Jutland is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended washing machines and the gutters are full of smørebrød and when the drains finally scab over, all the cowboys will drown.
Show threadxrvsMay 6, 2024
@anarchiv in vietnamese we would even shorten it to just “cow”. alas, we don’t have “cow” mode on the washing machine
Show threadMontessori Space Programme 🛸May 6, 2024
@xarvos I love this
Show thread[] Fanged Menace ​​​​May 6, 2024
@anarchiv does it play Big Iron when the wash is finished? ​
Show threadwoollypigsMay 6, 2024
@anarchiv I'm Danish and I'm not cleaning up after you ;)
Show threadMontessori Space Programme 🛸May 6, 2024
@woollypigs spilling refried beans on my cowboy pants
Show threadShrig 🐌May 6, 2024
@anarchiv 
Show threadNoted Pervert 🧄May 6, 2024
@anarchiv spilling the beans, huh
Show threadGarrett WollmanMay 6, 2024
@anarchiv how many of those consonants are pronounced?
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@wollman finally, someone asking the right questions
Show threadPalmAndNeedleMay 6, 2024
@anarchiv Now I want a danish washing machine 
Show threadgergoMay 6, 2024
@anarchiv #magyar version: farmernadrág (== farmer trousers), and farmer* (== farmer *).
not sure about washing machine programs tho.
Show threadRobin HoodMay 6, 2024
@anarchiv 🤠
Show threadMontessori Space Programme 🛸May 6, 2024
@robinhood I imagine it plays a little "yee-haw" when you turn it on :D
Show threadPeter Coles 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️May 6, 2024
@anarchiv I'm looking forward to the explanation of this then...
Show threadBjørnar (he/him)May 6, 2024
@telescoper @anarchiv what do you expect when you run the short cotton program? Everyone knows what that means!
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@telescoper burde sett det komme
Show threadDaniel BohrerMay 6, 2024
@telescoper @anarchiv "slut" just means "end" or "finished" in Danish and Swedish
Show threadMartin RundkvistMay 6, 2024
@anarchiv The Finland Swedes used to call blue jeans "farmarbyxor".
Show threadMontessori Space Programme 🛸May 6, 2024
@mrundkvist ha!
Show threadnitzanmsMay 6, 2024
@anarchiv yeehaw
Show threadheatdeathMay 7, 2024
@anarchiv please please i need a photo
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@heatdeath Maybe next time I'm there, though "I need to take a photo of your washing machine" is a bit of a weird opener ^^
Show threadMay 7, 2024
@anarchiv same thing in Chinese too!
Show threadBen TohMay 7, 2024
@anarchiv oooo Jeans in Chinese is also cowboy pants 😅 there's some sort of convergence out there!
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@bentoh cowvergence!
Show threadAnnaMay 7, 2024
@anarchiv Pics please!
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@jellycrystals https://todon.nl/@anarchiv/112398186836620837
Souvlaki Space Station 🚀 (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Maybe next time I'm there, though "I need to take a photo of your washing machine" is a bit of a weird opener ^^

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Show threadJohn MaxwellMay 7, 2024
@anarchiv - Note to self: Look into importing a washing machine from Denmark, so I'm prepared next time I need to buy one.
Show threadEllen ShapiroMay 7, 2024

@anarchiv They're “spijkerbroek" (miner pants) in Dutch. I'd lose it if I saw a setting that just says "Miner”

Update: JK, apparently whoever told me that a few years ago was wrong. They're Nail Pants. It’d still be funny to have a setting that just says "Nails”.

Show threadNoted Pervert 🧄May 7, 2024
@designatednerd @anarchiv Isn't it literally "nail pants"?
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@bean @designatednerd
I was wondering
Show threadEllen ShapiroMay 7, 2024
@anarchiv @bean Gah. I know some actual dutch person once told me it was miner pants (which made sense given their original intended use). Will update the post!
Show threadMontessori Space Programme 🛸May 7, 2024
@designatednerd @bean
Could be there's some Purloined Letter type connection here that's too obvious to see
Show threadNiels Nielsen, geographerMay 7, 2024
@anarchiv In cinema, a western movie is called a "cowboy film", the front seats closest to the screen are the "cowboy rows", and so on in Denmark.. perhaps more prominent some years ago.
Show threadCourt Cantrell does not complyMay 8, 2024

@anarchiv This makes me so furiously happy I cannot even tell you

#MyGrandpaWasACowboy 🤣

Show threadJesper Larsson has moved!May 9, 2024
@anarchiv I remember once in the 1980s, a criminal (bank robber or something) escaped with the boat from Copenhagen to Malmö. The Swedish cops looked for him on arrival, but did not get him, because the Danish cops had described him as dressed in “cowboytøj”, so the Swedes looked for someone dressed up as a cowboy.
Show threadMontessori Space Programme 🛸May 9, 2024
@avadeaux This made me laugh out loud, thanks for sharing
Show threadacmAug 16, 2025
@anarchiv that makes me disproportionately happy. :))
Show threadMontessori Space Programme 🛸Aug 16, 2025
@acm_redfox yee-haw
Show threadacmAug 16, 2025
@anarchiv sort of picturing the washer just going off on its own plan, who cares what the wash is....
Show threadMR.CleymoxxAug 16, 2025
@anarchiv No-- is that REAL?? If it is its pretty funny!