Nikop Triglot Newbie Finland Joined 5847 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: Finnish*, Swedish, English Studies: Russian
| Message 33 of 107 04 March 2010 at 10:29pm | IP Logged |
taKen wrote:
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Due to all the interaction between Finland and Sweden (Finland used to be a part of Sweden), Finland is included in the group of Scandinavian countries, and rightly so. |
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FYI, Finland isn't a Scandinavian country.
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tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5463 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin
| Message 34 of 107 04 March 2010 at 10:52pm | IP Logged |
Nikop wrote:
taKen wrote:
Due to all the interaction between Finland and Sweden (Finland used to be a part
of Sweden), Finland is included in the group of Scandinavian countries, and rightly so. |
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FYI, Finland isn't a Scandinavian country. |
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There are two common definitions of Scandinavia:
1) Sweden + Denmark + Norway
2) Sweden + Denmark + Norway + Finland + Iceland + Faroe Islands + Greenland
In Scandinavia, or at least in Norway, "Scandinavia" is very often used to refer to Sweden, Denmark and Norway
only, whereas the whole lot is referred to as the "Nordic countries".
Edited by tractor on 04 March 2010 at 10:55pm
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taKen Tetraglot Senior Member Norway mindofthelinguist.woRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6127 days ago 176 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Dutch, French Studies: German, Icelandic
| Message 35 of 107 05 March 2010 at 9:58pm | IP Logged |
tractor wrote:
Nikop wrote:
taKen wrote:
Due to all the interaction between
Finland and Sweden (Finland used to be a part
of Sweden), Finland is included in the group of Scandinavian countries, and rightly so.
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FYI, Finland isn't a Scandinavian country. |
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There are two common definitions of Scandinavia:
1) Sweden + Denmark + Norway
2) Sweden + Denmark + Norway + Finland + Iceland + Faroe Islands + Greenland
In Scandinavia, or at least in Norway, "Scandinavia" is very often used to refer to
Sweden, Denmark and Norway
only, whereas the whole lot is referred to as the "Nordic countries". |
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Well this certainly is news to me. You must be talking about your own particular
region. In Trøndelag we regard Finland as a Scandinavian country.
Edited by taKen on 05 March 2010 at 9:59pm
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Rikyu-san Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5538 days ago 213 posts - 413 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, French
| Message 36 of 107 05 March 2010 at 11:00pm | IP Logged |
For the purposes of this thread, Finland is included as either a Scandinavian or Nordic language, depending on how you slice the pie. Either way, Finland is in.
I have been too busy with other things and haven't updated the thread for a while but will shortly. In the meantime, if you wish to debate whether Finland is a Scandinavian country or not, I suggest we start a thread for that. I am, however, strongly in favour of reserving this thread for information on language resources of the languages listed in post one.
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cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5848 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian
| Message 37 of 107 11 April 2010 at 3:14am | IP Logged |
Free Online Course in Swedish
http://www.personal.psu.edu/adr10/swedish.html
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OlafP Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5445 days ago 261 posts - 667 votes Speaks: German*, French, English
| Message 38 of 107 11 April 2010 at 2:58pm | IP Logged |
Test your Swedish: http://www.folkuniversitetet.se/templates/PageFrame.aspx?id= 19417
As an off-topic remark, Folkuniversitetet offers similar tests for English, French, Italian, Spanish, and German as well. Since the site is a bit chaotic here is the direct link:
http://www.folkuniversitetet.se/templates/PageFrame.aspx?id= 14460
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j0nas Triglot Groupie Norway Joined 5552 days ago 46 posts - 70 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, German
| Message 39 of 107 11 April 2010 at 3:12pm | IP Logged |
taKen wrote:
In Trøndelag we regard Finland as a Scandinavian country. |
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No, we dont.
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mrhenrik Triglot Moderator Norway Joined 6089 days ago 482 posts - 658 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, French Personal Language Map
| Message 40 of 107 11 April 2010 at 3:36pm | IP Logged |
Norwegian:
Free legal music downloads from a Norwegian rap group called Gatas Parlament (one of my
favourites): link
Right-click on the underlined songs and click Save as..
Free legal TV programme downloads from NRK, the Norwegian state broadcaster:
link
Downloads are .torrent files, so you need a torrent program to download them. I'd
recommend µTorrent. It's completely legal for those
of you who are uncertain about .torrent files due to various industries's offensives
against the whole concept. The files are uploaded and hosted by NRK itself.
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