Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post

But Norwegian has two different words for distinguishing between being cold ("kald"), and feeling cold ("fryse", literally "freezing"). Being "kald" just means that you can feel something is cold but it's not bothersome, i.e. you're generating enough heat from inside. But if you "fryser" it means you're bothered by the cold, feel uncomfortable and need to warm up.

Very cool!! and in Italy, even if it over 100 degrees, if you turn a fan on, people think you're entertaining pneumonia...

Quote Originally Posted by Kiwi Stoker
Remember as a kid you would spend hours in the pool. lake, beach etc and didn't feel cold at all?
We were very different kids. I was the whiny one with the blue lips that was too cold to try to dry myself with the towel a helpful adult handed to me..