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The great Nordic debate: pick your side | ||
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| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5768 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes  Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 9 of 36 16 April 2009 at 10:02am | IP Logged | ||
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ø must be one of the coolest letters people came up with, so norsk + dansk
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 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6896 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 10 of 36 16 April 2009 at 10:36am | IP Logged | ||
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I prefer å, ä and ö as in Swedish for several reasons (I'm not sure why å wasn't mentioned ?).
The Swedish letters are much simpler to write, I like them better personally, and they have them in German too. Thus they are already used by a much larger number of native speakers: Finland, Sweden and Germany put together very comfortably outnumber Denmark and Norway. Having said that I think it's cute to see those "ae" and "oe" combinations when I'm in Denmark, but in Swedish they would just be out of place and feel very wrong. French does have the "oe"-combination though. Actually, I guess what I really prefer is for each of these languages to stick to the system they have. Edited by Hencke on 22 April 2009 at 8:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Masked Avenger Triglot Senior Member Antarctica Joined 6136 days ago 145 posts - 151 votes Speaks: English, French*, Danish Studies: Finnish, Latin | Message 11 of 36 16 April 2009 at 12:52pm | IP Logged | ||
2 reasons. Finnish doesn't have it yet Swedish, Danish and Norwegian all share it. It doesn't work for this thread. :p 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tudwell Groupie United States Joined 5828 days ago 41 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Icelandic | Message 12 of 36 16 April 2009 at 4:52pm | IP Logged | ||
I agree, and the sound it represents is one of my favorites. I wish more languages had it. As to the topic, I have an affinity for the Swedish language (blame Ingmar Bergman) but I like the Danish-Norwegian letters more. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| eoinda Tetraglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5950 days ago 101 posts - 113 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, Spanish, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 13 of 36 17 April 2009 at 2:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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ae and oe are cute! But as a Swede I stick with ä and ö. Even so it would be sad if for example the danes and norwegans adopted äö.
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| OCCASVS Tetraglot Senior Member Poland Joined 6645 days ago 134 posts - 140 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Italian*, English, French, Polish | Message 14 of 36 17 April 2009 at 8:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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I love the Danish/Norwegian spelling.
æ is one of the most beautiful characters ever in any script :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5811 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 15 of 36 17 April 2009 at 9:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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I like both the same way.
I like Ä and Ö because they're elegant, but I also like Æ and Ø because they're very particular 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Tyr Senior Member Sweden Joined 5784 days ago 316 posts - 384 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish | Message 16 of 36 18 April 2009 at 12:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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æ certainly makes more sense which is good for beginners but....only first lesson beginners. Its a bit of a bitch to write, ä though is simple.
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