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elleng

(130,974 posts) Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:25 PM Dec 2017

5 Cheap(ish) Things to Help You Have a Very Hygge Winter

*Hygge (pronounced HOO-gah) is the Danish concept of coziness. If you’re not familiar, here’s a crash course, and if you want to dive in further (you will, and you should), here are some books to check out.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/smarter-living/5-cheap-ish-things-to-help-you-have-a-very-hygge-winter.html?

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5 Cheap(ish) Things to Help You Have a Very Hygge Winter (Original Post) elleng Dec 2017 OP

It's all the rage now but the Scandinavians have been doing it for years The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #1

Hookah? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #2

The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. It's all the rage now but the Scandinavians have been doing it for years

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Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:32 PM

Dec 2017

Last edited Thu Dec 7, 2017, 02:26 PM - Edit history (1)

without making a thing of it. Also, it's not pronounced "hoo-gah." There is no English equivalent for the Scandinavian "Y" sound but it's closer to a combination of "ee" and the German "ü." "Hoo-gah" isn't even close.

https://www.howtopronounce.com/norwegian/hygge/

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

2. Hookah?

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:35 PM

Dec 2017

Is one of the things smoking weed?

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