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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 73 of 80 03 June 2012 at 11:37pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I have lived in Norway for almost 50 years and have yet to hear of any hatred of Danes. On the contrary, we love the Danes. They are just like us, except they seem to enjoy life more. There is a commercial to promote Norwegian tourism in Denmark with the slogan "It is good to be Norwegian - in Denmark".
With the possible exception of "Uti vår hage", who had a hilarious parody on the Danish language (which does indeed sound like Norwegian pronounced with a hot potatoe in the mouth) I have never heard a negative word or even a joke on their expense. The Swedes are our usual target - as we are theirs. It is however very good natured. We may have a war of jokes going on, but there is no immigrant group which are as well liked and integrated as the Swedes, and if I am ever at an international meeting and I meet a Swede, I now that I can count on him, and that he will be there for me for whatever I need. And rasism, against Danes? Please. We are the same people. 12 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6657 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 74 of 80 04 June 2012 at 9:15am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Whatever mean things Swedes say about Denmark is purely a funny historical anecdote. I might say that I don't like
Danish and find the language ugly, and make snarky remark about Danish politics, but danes are in absolutely no way ill treated or ill seen in Sweden. The country Denmark and Danes are two entirely different entities. There's no war going on between us anymore, and hasn't been for a very long time. To be honest we have a brothership agreement and danish citizens will get social security in Sweden, and swedes will in Denmark. I really wonder wherefrom COF gets his "facts"... Kamelåså and Bestefar og jeg makes moth danes I've spoken too laugh, and isn't really seen as mean but rather funny. We have self distance and Swedes love jokes about Swedes too. And as far as race go, we're basicly the same. All people in Scandinavia except finns and lapplanders are descendants from the same Germanic tribes who came here.. I don't know when. Our languages are still to a somewhat degree mutually intelligible. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| COF Senior Member United States Joined 5829 days ago 262 posts - 354 votes Speaks: English* | Message 75 of 80 04 June 2012 at 9:45pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Which Scadinavian language is considered to have the easiest pronunciation?
Swedish always seemed the clearest to me personally. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7154 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 76 of 80 04 June 2012 at 9:58pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
...which has been exploited here: :-)
Maybe COF has taken this comic from Scandinavia and the World too seriously... 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4826 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 77 of 80 05 June 2012 at 1:18am | IP Logged | ||||||||
In what way is the grammar easier? Is it the gender thing you are referring to, or something else? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 78 of 80 15 October 2013 at 5:54pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
My sister experienced what was indicated in the first comic. In Copenhagen, 30 years ago, she got a fine for having the wrong sort of ticket on the bus. She payed up, feeling wronged, because she had done everything she could to get the right ticket. A few weeks later, she got a letter from Denmark,from the guy who had fined her, which started in the following way: " Too late did I realize that you were a Norwegian, and not a Swede... And then she got her money back!!! We thought this was absolutely crazy, and tried to figure out whether Swedes were expected to know the ticket system better than Norwegians, or whatever the rationale was. In any event, I can say in all honesty that both Swedes and Danes are highly appreciated. I wish for all peoples who have been at war with eachother repeatedly to have such a great relationship as we do. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7154 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 79 of 80 15 October 2013 at 7:38pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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A couple more gags about how much Denmark likes Norway. :-)
--- The law is the law 
--- Norway in Denmark 
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| languagenerd09 Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom youtube.com/user/Lan Joined 5098 days ago 174 posts - 267 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Mandarin, Japanese, Thai | Message 80 of 80 16 October 2013 at 2:50pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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For me personally I would say Norwegian. Given the fact that I've grown up in North-East England. Forgive me for errors, it's been a long time since i've wrote in
Norwegian For example, as i've posted in another thread before, if I wrote to you in my city's dialect " Hun, wi hev te gan back hyem , the bairns are aal alain" which is similar to the Norwegian "vi har å gå hjem, barna er alene" That's why my city has a lot of tourists from Norway, especially a lot from Stavanger (because of flights) and Bergen.
Even similar words like " aal" <--- my city / Norway ---> " alle" " I divvint kna" <--- my city / ---> Norway "jeg vet ikke" 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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