Introducing A new English word
Pyt is a Danish word. It has two meanings in Danish. One is translatable. Pyt means puddle.
-But I love the other meaning of the word.
However, there isn´t one word that covers the word pyt in English. Pyt also means never mind, and it doesn't matter all rolled up into one word.
I can give you an example. If someone says:" I´m so sorry I knocked over your glass of water."
And I would reply:" Pyt -don´t worry about it."
I guess you could say that it is an easy going, forgiving word.
Here in Denmark, some people are worried about the strong influence that English has on the Danish language. This is me influencing back. So go for it – use the word pyt. It is such a cool word, and I haven't told the best part yet. In my eight-year old´s classroom, they have a Pyt button. So when one of the children complains about –“he took my pencil” or “she used my hat”. So on a small scale, instead of holding a grudge they push the Pyt button.
Now isn´t that cool!?! Everyone should have a button like that. Just one push on that button and you have moved on.
