desew

English translation: Random typing?

20:55 May 24, 2011
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink
Danish term or phrase: desew
Appears in response to a consumer questionnaire about foods. I can't tell whether it's a brand, or a term imported from another language (lots of immigrants in Denmark these days), or perhaps a misspelling of some sort?
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 06:00
English translation:Random typing?
Explanation:
As Christine points out, this doesn't look like a Danish word at all. But since the letters are very close to each other on a keyboard, I'm wondering whether the respondent just typed this in order to get past a compulsory text box? Especially if this is the only text entered - I've come across this myself in several questionnaire responses...
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Pernille Chapman
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:00
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Thanks, Pernille. This makes a lot of sense.
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Random typing?


Explanation:
As Christine points out, this doesn't look like a Danish word at all. But since the letters are very close to each other on a keyboard, I'm wondering whether the respondent just typed this in order to get past a compulsory text box? Especially if this is the only text entered - I've come across this myself in several questionnaire responses...

Pernille Chapman
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:00
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Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 6
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Thanks, Pernille. This makes a lot of sense.
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