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Cimorene ([personal profile] cimorene) wrote2008-07-11 03:06 pm
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Rooster sign = Tuppskylten

A Carl Larsson-style Swedish folkart rooster I painted for the Accomodation at Ängisbacka:


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"Outhouse" and "rooster" are the same word in Swedish, so it's a visual pun.
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[personal profile] northern 2008-07-11 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
What's the word? I can't think of anything that has both meanings....

[identity profile] dreamnnightmare.livejournal.com 2008-07-11 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
what a cute rooster!

[identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com 2008-07-11 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Tupp - I think it's a finland swedish thing, I should have said.

[identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com 2008-07-11 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
:) ♥
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[personal profile] gules 2008-07-12 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
outhouse and rooster?! that's so odd!

ftr, i approve of this visual pun of yours. *g*

[identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com 2008-07-12 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it's, er, a countrified slang appellation, not the actual WORD for outhouse.
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[personal profile] northern 2008-07-12 10:00 am (UTC)(link)
Ahh, yes. Probably.^^
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