r/Norway 5d ago

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u/Minute-Soft-9074 5d ago

Wait, really? Do you have anywhere I can read about that?

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u/ThorAlex87 5d ago

Trønder-avisa has a story about it: https://www.t-a.no/tatt-av-raset-utrolig-at-han-hadde-med-bat/s/5-116-2210811 It's paywalled, but available if you have +alt from another newspaper.

Short version is his car and trailer with the boat on it was taken by the slide, he managed to get out and tried saving his dog from the trunk before the car sank but had to give up and climbed into the boat to save himself. Firefighters that where first on the scene found a boat nearby and rowed in to save him. The dog was later found dead by a drone.

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u/Consistent_Public_70 5d ago

In Norwegian the same word (bagasjerom) is used for the cargo space of any passenger vehicle, regardless of whether it is a sedan, station wagon or SUV. Norwegians who are not very familiar with English are likely to use the English word trunk in the same way.

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u/ThorAlex87 4d ago

Thanks. What would have been the correct word for the cargo area of an SUV or station wagon?

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u/Consistent_Public_70 4d ago edited 4d ago

Typically it would just be called a cargo area, or just "in the back".

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u/MAXsenna 4d ago

In Norwegian a trunk is called "bagasjerommet", luggage room. As others have said, we don't differentiate. It's just the back of a car where we put all the junk. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/Lexi_Bean21 4d ago

Norwegians are very familiar with English its just the fact norway doesent really have a seperate word for the 2 types or cargo space so it's just trunk