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    1. Vårfrudagen literally means Our Lady Day and is a Swedish variant for Annunciation Day, also marking beginning of planting season. A garbling of “vårfru” to “våffel” means it’s also Waffle Day and we eat waffles. In English, waffle also means to speak or write vaguely. 🤯
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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  1. …in reply to @axbom
    In a previous version of this tweet I translated "vår" to spring (the seasons) which is formally correct but very wrong in this context. Our Lady Day it is, and Miriam was thankfully quick to correct me. 'Tis the day of twisting words no doubt. MiCriRi/1507341850373505026?s=20&t=tRG5ZWMIWSE0eJu594qiYw
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