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StonoDk at 2024-03-20 15:57:22+00:00 ID:
kvqz5j5Yes, i (M62) have heard it used frequently.
When i was i child i thought they said "gå af Vallensbæk til" (Vallensbæk is a Copenhagen suburb)
I havnt heard it in many years, so it may have been the older generation that used it. (Probably my mother, she was from Sønderborg)
United_Housing_5323 (OP) at 2024-03-20 16:04:23+00:00 ID:
kvr0g18Ohh thank you for sharing your little story! It's interesting, actually not that surprising though, how the saying is apparently not used or known everywhere in Denmark. Had to search up Sønderborg (first time using this character ø lol), makes sense that she knew that as it's so close to the border
RHeegaard at 2024-03-20 16:28:02+00:00 ID:
kvr4sk9ø is just the Danish version of ö, they're pronounced the same
DKlurifax at 2024-03-20 19:03:06+00:00 ID:
kvrxfjzI've (M50) have heard the term "go to heckenfelt" when I was younger. Lived in copenhagen that time and havn't heard it used since.
XenonXcraft at 2024-03-20 20:22:57+00:00 ID:
kvsbvdx“Hekkenfeldt” refers to the Icelandic volcano Hekla.
DKlurifax at 2024-03-20 20:58:46+00:00 ID:
kvsiar2Interesting. Did not know that.
Selfsigned_Cert at 2024-03-20 21:33:38+00:00 ID:
kvsogvlGuess it’s a diplomatic version of “gå ad helvedes til”. Aka “get lost”
wasmic at 2024-03-21 10:33:40+00:00 ID:
kvvam8eNot even a particularly diplomatic version; Hekla was believed to be the entrance to Hell among medieval (Christian) Icelanders, and that belief spread to much of Europe, so it's literally "go to hell."
"Hekkenfeldt" is probably a distortion of Hekla Fjeld.
Selfsigned_Cert at 2024-03-21 10:36:52+00:00 ID:
kvvax8nAgreed. But most people don’t even know that. That’s why I love this Hekkenfeldt even more
type_reddit_type at 2024-03-20 21:55:20+00:00 ID:
kvssbjgAh, did not know that. Prefer Katla though :)
DKlurifax at 2024-03-20 19:03:16+00:00 ID:
kvrxgsnI've (M50) have heard the term "go to heckenfelt" when I was younger. Lived in copenhagen that time and havn't heard it used since.
dksprocket at 2024-03-20 21:30:21+00:00 ID:
kvsnw2aI remember hearing it in media many years ago in the context of a worker's strike - possibly workers at a ferry route.
As I recall it: People were showing up saying they had a reservation and then the workers would tell them their reservation were only valid for going to Wandsbek ("Den gælder kun af Wandsbek til"). (i.e. "go to hell with your reservation")
Important_Pilot6596 at 2024-03-20 18:13:08+00:00 ID:
kvro6z0Yes I also heard it as Vallensbæk (F66). In the middle of Jutland, so whatever, Wandsbeck or Vallensbæk, ha ha.
Precioustooth at 2024-03-20 18:46:58+00:00 ID:
kvru7nmBeing from Vestegnen and just short of 30 years old I have never heard of this saying or of "Wandsbek" so it's probably very regional, which makes sense.
neuratio at 2024-03-20 22:25:18+00:00 ID:
kvsxjadThis story triggered a similar yet vague memory I have from my childhood. But I can't connect it to a particular event or person. It does seem like it may be something the older generations used.