Hi
First I have to mention I come from Denmark.
When you make gravy or hot chocolate there tends to build up a thin “film” on the top when it cools down. My father always called that “flimse” when I was a kid. He comes from the north of Jutland, Denmark and I have only heard the word from there when he speaks his old danish dialect. So could the word be of danish origin?
I have always wondered about that strange word and the english “flimsy” suddenly came in mind. Today everybody else in Denmark just call that layer “skin”.
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Jonney Marshall:
December 4th, 2014 at 3:59 am
Fascinating, round my way we call wasps wapsy/wapsies. I just thought it was local dialect.
Jens Fuglsang:
May 12th, 2017 at 9:22 am
Hi
First I have to mention I come from Denmark.
When you make gravy or hot chocolate there tends to build up a thin “film” on the top when it cools down. My father always called that “flimse” when I was a kid. He comes from the north of Jutland, Denmark and I have only heard the word from there when he speaks his old danish dialect. So could the word be of danish origin?
I have always wondered about that strange word and the english “flimsy” suddenly came in mind. Today everybody else in Denmark just call that layer “skin”.