Swedish: Du svettas lite med tanke på hur fet du är
English: You sweat very little considering how fat you are
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-17-2015)
origin: Heard it from her grandmother, who was retelling a story of how a man had asked a woman to dance (supposedly an attempt to be complimentary). In Swedish dialect from the Ostrobothnia region of Finland.
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Latvian: Tavi zobi ir kā saule – dzelteni.
English: your teeth are like the sun. Yellow.
collected: Riga, Latvia (08-01-2016)
origin: She made it up based on the structure of traditional Latvian pickup lines / jokes
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Latvian: Tavas acis ir kā divas zvaigznes – viena zemāk, otra augstāk.
English: Your eyes are as beautiful as the stars. one is higher and the other is lower.
collected: Riga, Latvia (08-01-2016)
origin: Traditional Latvian pickup line / joke
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Latvian: Tavas kājas ir kā stirnai – tikpat kaulainas un spalvainas.
English: Your legs are as beautiful as those of a deer. just as bony and hairy.
collected: Riga, Latvia (08-01-2016)
origin: Traditional Latvian pickup line / joke
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Latvian: Tavas acis ir tik skaistas kā divi ezeri, tikpat zaļas un duļķainas.
English: Your eyes are as beautiful as two lakes. Just as green and foggy.
collected: Riga, Latvia (08-01-2016)
origin: Traditional Latvian pickup line / joke