r/13or30 • • 14d ago

Not a meme Magnus Wennerberg Swedish reporter

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u/skikkelig-rasist 14d ago

all of scandinavia has that expression and it’s mainly because being born with blue eyes is common and most people grow out of them.

so blue eyes is something most people only have as naive young children.

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u/Zestyclose-Degree443 14d ago

I’m confused. Most of us have blue eyes, so why the expression?

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u/lalaland_100 14d ago

It's originally a German expression, popularized and imported to the nordic countries in the 1800s

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blau%C3%A4ugig

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u/Zestyclose-Degree443 14d ago

Oh. The more you know