UFF DA

[Dag]

I got a email yesterday with the following question;

"Just as an aside, could you tell me how you define the phrase "Uff Da"? We have some
Norwegians around here that have some strange meanings for that small phrase. "

UFF DA roughly means "drats," "oh crap", "oops!" or "ouch!"

I did a Google search, and I was surprised how many hits i got.
Even t-shirts, tiles, posters etc. with this small Norwegian phrase.

Even found a video on youtube  

UFF DA MINNESOTA	powered by Aeva

UFF DA IS:
*trying to dance the polka to rock and roll music
*losing your wad of gum in the chicken yard
*having Swedish meat balls at a lutefisk supper
*spending two hours cleaning up my room and my mom says 'Uff Da'
*walking downtown and then wondering what you wanted
*arriving late at a lutefisk supper and getting served minced ham instead
*looking in the mirror and discovering you're not getting better, just older
*having a mouse crawl up your leg when you're on a hayload
*eating hot soup when you've got a runny nose
*getting out of bed in the morning with a backache
*getting swished in the face with a cow's wet tail
*waking yourself up in church with your own snoring
*forgetting your mother-in-law's first name
*when two steady girl friends find out about each other
*noticing non-Norwegians at a church dinner using lefse for a napkin
*eating a delicious sandwich and then discovering the spread is cat food
*sneezing so hard your false teeth end up in the bread plate

[ricoman]

how about reaching down to switch to reserve and finding you had not switched back to "on" the last time you filled up?
Works for me!

[T.P.]

We say UFF DA in Minnesota !

[RLD]

We should, as there are probably more Norwegians here than in Norway! Just guessing of course. Just North of Alexandria, birthplace of America, home of "Big Ole" and the Kensington Runestone, it's heavily Norwegian. Needless to say, I've heard "uff da" my entire life.

http://www.alexandriamn.org/index.php/community/history_page/big_oles_tall_tale/
http://www.runestonemuseum.org/

[Rocketman]

UFF DA IS:
*arriving late at a lutefisk supper and getting served minced ham instead

In Texas, we call that one "SCORE!"
(I'm not very familiar with lutefisk, but if it's anything like rakfisk, I'll take minced ham any day)

[Dag]

UFF DA IS:
*arriving late at a lutefisk supper and getting served minced ham instead

In Texas, we call that one "SCORE!"
(I'm not very familiar with lutefisk, but if it's anything like rakfisk, I'll take minced ham any day)

   Rakfisk is much better than lutefisk (but smells worse)
Lutefisk, long a holiday food tradition among Scandinavian-Americans, is dried stockfish (normally cod or ling, but haddock and pollock can also be used) that has been brined in lye, soaked to remove the resulting causticity, and then steamed until it flakes (although it still looks and feels gelatinous). It is typically served with a warm cream or butter sauce and copious amounts of beer or aquavit.

[T.P.]

Do you need to come to Minnesota ?    

[Dag]

I have a lot of relatives in USA and Canada.
I know there are some in Seattle, Wisconsin and Saskatchewan + some other places.
I have to ask my mother where all of them lives.

Sure I would like to take 8 weeks vacation riding aroud meeting relatives and VRCC brothers and sisters. Maybe one day....

[Willow]

... It is typically served with a warm cream or butter sauce and copious amounts of beer or aquavit.

I'm a bit leary of any food that requires copious amounts of beer to be appreciated.     

[Dag]

... It is typically served with a warm cream or butter sauce and copious amounts of beer or aquavit.

I'm a bit leary of any food that requires copious amounts of beer to be appreciated.     

You dont have to drink beer, but it will be an advantage if you do...

[Trynt]

One Mn recipe for Lutefisk calls for nailing the fish to a board, soaking both it in lye, rinsing and then steaming.  Remove the fish from the board and discard. Then eat the board. It's my understanding it tastes better that way.