Return to the Cutting Garden Forum
| Post a Follow-Up
Weekend Trivia --Saturday
| | |
Posted by thinman Z5 MI (My Page) on Sat, Aug 30, 08 at 6:42
| Happy weekend, dear cottagers. Let's play trivia.
On September 3, 1967, a nationwide change in the law happened in Sweden, in spite of the fact that its citizens had repeatedly voted against it for the previous forty years. It was referred to as Högertrafikomläggningen, and if you spoke Norwegian, you would know what happened on that day. It affected most of the population, and, in a fairly significant way, changed something about their behavior forever.
If you look closely at the Norwegian word, you may be able to discern a very good clue about this event. Can you guess what happened?
ThinMan |
Follow-Up Postings:
RE: Weekend Trivia --Saturday
| | |
Thin man
Since I've got 5 mins, I'll bite.
I see trafik and laggn sorta sounds like 'lane', so I'm gonna say it has something to do with traffic lanes. Since your saying is was a huge change, my guess is they had to change what side of the road they drove on.
Cheers - Kim |
RE: Weekend Trivia --Saturday
| | |
RE: Weekend Trivia --Saturday
| | |
| Thin Man, I thought that might be what happened, from your greeting above. Then I also noticed that the Cutting Garden forum is just below the Cottage Garden forum on the list, so... But, as a person who loves word origins and such, I enjoyed your question. I couldn't answer it, but I enjoyed it, lol. Good job, Kim! :)
Dee |
|
|
|
|
