Montessori Space Programme 🛸May 6, 2024

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"

Show threadEllen Shapiro

@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”.

May 7, 2024 at 9:11pmIvory for Mac
Show threadNoted Pervert 🧄May 7, 2024
@designatednerd @anarchiv Isn't it literally "nail pants"?
Show threadMontessori Space Programme 🛸May 7, 2024
@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