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The same concept exists in Danish (lørdagsslik), and I had no idea it had such a dark history. 1959 is surprisingly recent for conducting medical experiments on people without their informed consent - one of the most horrifying things imaginable, in my opinion.

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I can highly recommend the radio documentary https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/vipeholmsanstalten-min-... it's horrifying (in Swedish of course but hopefully more understandable to a Dane than Danish [to my own detriment and sorrow] is to us Swedes).

Thanks, I’ll check it out!

And don’t worry - the secret is to just spend a few hours actually trying with native speakers, and ideally some beers, and suddenly it will click. It goes both ways, and only takes a tiny bit of practice in my experience. :-)

I have lived in several parts of Denmark and never once encountered the notion of "lørdagsslik"; that concept sounds completely absurd and laughable. No, in every place I have stayed, kids would only ever have fredagsslik (Friday goodies), to be consumed while watching FredagsTamTam (https://www.dr.dk/drtv/serie/fredagstamtam_357146).

I think it moved to Friday some time in the 90s.

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