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| Julie Heptaglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6908 days ago 1251 posts - 1733 votes  5 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, GermanC2, SpanishB2, Dutch, Swedish, French | Message 409 of 553 28 February 2013 at 4:55pm | IP Logged |
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If you look at my profile at the left side, you'll notice a new addition: that's true, I'm really learning Icelandic. It's not a very 'serious' goal-oriented project but it does seem interesting. More info on my log.
Have you ever tried learning Old or Modern Icelandic? Or have you ever thought about learning it? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4526 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic | Message 410 of 553 28 February 2013 at 5:24pm | IP Logged |
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I've tried to learn them both. But to get good active skills in Icelandic is pretty hard, Icelandic is very irregular.
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5171 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 411 of 553 28 February 2013 at 6:49pm | IP Logged |
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I've found this blog to be quite useful:
http://norsk.rkevin.com 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5339 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 412 of 553 01 March 2013 at 10:10am | IP Logged |
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I just had to share this with you. We often speak about dialects in Norway being highly respected, and mostly that is the case. There is however one, where even the locals admit that they sound stupid when they use it, so when they take a higher education, they drop it, thus rendering it more a sociolect than a dialect. Some of the locals find this to be a pity, and as an experiment they will publish an entire edition of the newspaper in the dialect from Fredrikstad - Østfold. This article speaks about it - and it is written in the same dialect. I may add that it is the first time in my life that I have seen this dialect in writing.
(I am unable to add hyperlinks on my work PC - so you will have to copy and paste) http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/03/01/kultur/fredriksstad_blad/ avis/journalistikk/dialekter/25994250/ 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6625 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 413 of 553 01 March 2013 at 11:26am | IP Logged |
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Except for a few odd words (different but easily understandable), it seemed pretty normal to me. I can't see why they should seem any dumber than the rest of us.
As for dialects dying out, you see that everywhere. Younger people tend to have a much lighter version of the local dialect than older people. I don't think it's so odd that that should happen. People move around a lot more now than before and there is radio, television and internet. Dialects develop when one group is isolated from another. Now that we aren't isolated, the dialects are more likely to gradually merge together, I think. I've heard also, that it was very usual some years ago to try to change one's dialect if one moved to a classier area. That also happens in the US. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5339 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 414 of 553 02 March 2013 at 5:54pm | IP Logged |
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Another little gem is this article about Oslo - which is very flattering. The author is way off on the number of
inhabitants, and when she describes Oslo as sophisticated and talks about the hushed tones people use in bars and restaurants, I think most Norwegians would just snort and think that she has hardly been out on a Saturday evening and that she must have smoked her own socks. Anyway, here it is. The rest of her information is more or less right :-) Article on Oslo 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Julie Heptaglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6908 days ago 1251 posts - 1733 votes 5 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, GermanC2, SpanishB2, Dutch, Swedish, French | Message 415 of 553 03 March 2013 at 6:21pm | IP Logged |
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Vad tänker ni om ett Skype-möte på nästa söndag?
It would be nice to have a Viking Skype session again, maybe the next Sunday? What do you think about it? And just little self-advertising: I posted the February update on my learning log - all comments will be appreciated, like always :). @Solfrid_Cristin: all friends of mine who have been to Oslo liked it very much. I hope to go up north one day as well! Edited by Julie on 03 March 2013 at 7:23pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5171 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 416 of 553 04 March 2013 at 11:11pm | IP Logged |
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Someone (I think it was stifa) mentioned at my log a popular forum from Norway where we could practice Norwegian while discussing a wide range of subjects. Do you guys know its URL? I can't find it now.
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