Olfrygt

[BakerStreetBeers]

According to my moms ripleys believe or not calendar, olfrygt is a dutch word expressing fear at being unable to find a beer while travelling.

I need to figure out how to pronounce it.

 

[Walker]

looks like it mightbe pronouced "ole fright", maybe translates to "ale fright"?

 

[Brew-Happy]

looks like it mightbe pronouced "ole fright", maybe translates to "ale fright"?

Good job!

Found this with an Urban Dictionary

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Danish word describing the fear that arrives when you are out of town and unable to find a place to get a beer.
Literally means Ale-Fright. It is originally spelled Ølfrygt.
We should never have gone to Utah, there are no pubs within a hundred miles, and starting to get some serious olfrygt here...

 

[Walker]

Ok, so it's Danish and not Dutch, but...

 

[dunnright00]

Can I change my User name to Ølfrygt?

 

[Revvy]

I feel that everytime I walk into a bar for the first time....Except it's ammended to mean, "fear at being unable to find a non bmc beer while travelling, or going to any place other than a brewpub, bar with a decent micro selection, your own fridge or a fellow beersnob/homebrewer's place."

 

[Baja_Brewer]

Olfrygt.... I like it.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I think many of us pronounce it "Oh fvckit!" and order a single malt or a water.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

There has to be a sister word for this. A word that describes the relief you feel when you walk into a pub and see that they have Old Thumper on tap, and the Olfrygt leaves you.

I propose Tremblyknee as the antidote word to Olfrygt.

 

[Brew-Happy]

There has to be a sister word for this. A word that describes the relief you feel when you walk into a pub and see that they have Old Thumper on tap, and the Olfrygt leaves you.

I propose Tremblyknee as the antidote word to Olfrygt.

How about Olyeah!

 

[Revvy]

How about Olyeah!

Or Olyelujah!

 

[Brewpastor]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Olfrygt

 

[HairyDogBrewing]

Or Olyelujah!

BRILLANT! XD

 

[BakerStreetBeers]

Or Olyelujah!

I'm with olyelujah but think we should Danish-ize it somehow.

 

[arturo7]

So what is the correct pronunciation?

 

[celestialparsnip]

Earl-frigged.

Earl as in the name (curl, hurl, pearl etc). The Scandinavian 'y' is a little hard to pronounce for English speakers. Round out your mouth like you're saying 'oooh' and then say 'eee'.

Once you've got the general pronunciation down, say it again with a mouthful of marbles, and that'll come close to the original Danish.

The equivalent in Norwegian is 'ølfrykt'.