Talk:svelte

I find it interesting that "svelte" is an old-fashioned Norwegian word for "starvation" / "to starve". I am not claiming any etymologic connection, though.
 * And in Swedish it's not even old-fashioned - it is *the* word for "to starve" (though spelled svälta, but that's the regular spelling change when moving from Norwegian to Swedish). Yes, I also made the same association when I saw this word. \Mike 13:23, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * In my humble opinion these interesting factoids belong to the article itself. Etymology is sexy regardless whether real or imagined. 85.76.79.185 07:30, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
 * However, the Swedish and Norwegian verbs and the Danish svelte: are not related to English svelte, but as descendents of Old Norse svelta: they are cognates with English and, whereas svelte is of Romance/Latin origin (Latin ). The uſer hight Bogorm converſation 12:23, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

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the sound file is not correct. it is too short so you can't hear it.


 * It plays just fine for me. Did you click on the "?" and make sure you have to needed codecs for it?  --Connel MacKenzie 20:39, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

skinny?
Since when does skinny have negative connotations? The usage note could use some rewording, to convey that "slender" and "svelte" have positive connotations. --Connel MacKenzie 20:41, 30 October 2006 (UTC)