From: Torsten Pedersen
Message: 5472
Date: 2001-01-13
> I said:a
> > > Denmark is a sand-dune blown from the Atlantic, and then,
> >> blown the other way from the Baltic. As with Himmelberg.
> > >
> > > This is not to say that 'dune' and 'Denmark' are
> > > etymologically related.
> > >
> > > Mark.
> >
> > Himmelbjerg. And Ødegaard means "deserted farm" in Danish.
> > Is this why you have this detailed knowledge of Danish
> > topography?
> >
> > Torsten
>
> My knowledge of Denmark is not that detailed, but describing it as
> sand-dune is not inaccurate. Denmark is mostly flat, quite sandy,and
> well-breezed. Dairy country.Your description is inaccurate. And politeness is second nature to
>
> Heaven-mount, Himmelbjerg, is about 200 meters/600 feet. A splendid
> prospect, but by no definition save a Danish one is it a 'mountain'.
>
> Your translation of my last name is polite. 'Abandoned farm' is
> better. 'Junkyard' comes closer, tho' in English this always refers
> to where ugly wrecked cars are strewn. The Norse sense is a junky
> wrecked farmstead.