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From: Olaf <>
Subject: [Oppland] "pekspytu" translation please
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 13:55:19 -0800
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Hi John!
Maybe you should make your teacher a 'payk-spee-too' with a carved head?
Olaf


> Thanks Olaf, it was something he used to point with. The sentence is:
"Den
> eldste hadde arbeidet en "peikspytu" og i denne skåoret en lenke som endte
i
> et utskåret hode, og denne brukte han da til å peke på bokstavene for den
> yngre.
> Even my Norwegian teacher , born and raised in Norway didn't know what it
> meant. I thought it might be a Skjåk word.
> John


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