April 3, 2009

Danneloshen

As a companion to "words that sound like they are Yiddish, but aren't," I offer: "words that sound Danish, but aren't."

skirt
oyster
cloister
mess
monster
clue
cruel
escalate
scale
skull
slot
sweat
swear
white
spate
frisky
risk
wire
vesper
moon
cane
yet
lily
skier
varmint
vortex
score
rascal

skol!

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