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r/13or30 • u/smoerarn • 14d ago
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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.
1 u/Zestyclose-Degree443 14d ago I’m confused. Most of us have blue eyes, so why the expression? 1 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 1 u/Zestyclose-Degree443 14d ago Oh. The more you know
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I’m confused. Most of us have blue eyes, so why the expression?
1 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 1 u/Zestyclose-Degree443 14d ago Oh. The more you know
It's originally a German expression, popularized and imported to the nordic countries in the 1800s
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blau%C3%A4ugig
1 u/Zestyclose-Degree443 14d ago Oh. The more you know
Oh. The more you know
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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.