NORWEGIAN: Dra til Langtvekkistan ‡
‡ ) "Go to [any]
Far-Away-Istan!" NOTE: Langtvekkistan is at best a
condescending & more than slightly xenophobic term for any far away foreign
land, filled w/ far away foreign
people, presumably in South Asia,
Southeastern Asia, South America, or Africa (Etym., Nor., langt vekk = far away + -istan, being the suffix
of Central Asian Kush countries & provinces ringing the Indian
sub-continent, such as Afghanistan & Pakistan
& Khyrgistan & Kazikistan
& Uzbekistan & Waziristan)
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