Re: CHAT Starbucks (was: Hymn to Ikea etc.)

Quoting Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>:

> In Norway, I heard *fy faen* (*faen* being the devil I
> think), or even *fy faen i helvete* (helvete not
> referring to the Swiss, but rather to hell).

In Swedish you get _fy fan_ (_fan_/_faen_ indeed being the Devil) and _fan i
helvete_ "devil in hell" (as a general expletive), but the combined form ?_fy
fan i helvete_ isn't in common use among people I know.

Speaking of expletives, I've caught myself saying "seven kinds of hell"
lately. Do any natives use that? - I've got no idea where I may've picked it
up, or if I've accidentally invented it.

                                                        Andreas

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