What is Rope På Elgen?
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A norwegian term, which can be tranlated to "calling the moose". If someone "roper på elgen" i.e. calls for the moose, he is hurling. When someone is hurling, the sound often resembles that of a moose, hence the term, "rope på elgen".
Norwegian: Arne har drukket altfor mye, nå er han på do for å rope på elgen.
English: Jack obviously had too much to drink, he's in the toilet calling for the moose right now.
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