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Norwegian song -best since Gangn. Style? | ||
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5132 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 20 20 September 2013 at 12:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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Two Norwegian brothers and comedians Ylvis, who run their own talk show in Norway, are currently the
hottest thing on YouTube with " The fox"- or "What does the fox say". They currently have close to 40 million viewings after having had the video out since September 3rd. I have become an instant fan, so I think at least 20 clics out of those 40 million are mine. :-) The Fox They are however also great comedians, and I am putting in a link to one of their shows here. I have just watched a few minutes of it, and at minute 12 they have put in a linguistic joke. A guy pretends to be a Dutch specialist on Dutch culture, and three Swedish-Dutch interpreters are brought in to translate. He does however not speak a word of Dutch. He speaks a mix of Norwegian, Jibberish, German and mixes in Dutch sounds. The look of the faces of the three interpreters are priceless, and at one point the elderly lady who interprets, enthusiastically translates jibberish into Swedish until the interviewer just bends over the table and laughs uncontrollably. The show is in Norwegian, and it will obviously be funnier for those who understand some Scandinavian language, but it might be worth it for the rest of you as well. The part where one guy orders a taxi for himself and his dog, and then proceeds to try to bring a lama into the car had me laughing so hard I almost fell off the sofa. Best of Ylvis 2nd attempt Edit: I think the link works now :-) Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 20 September 2013 at 11:16pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6501 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 20 20 September 2013 at 12:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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More Ylvis
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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4657 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 3 of 20 20 September 2013 at 1:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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Cristin has found her national pride :D
This song is a great irony, showing that nowadays lyrics in music are often useless. Btw., the disqus link doesn't work. Edited by prz_ on 20 September 2013 at 2:01pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4626 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 4 of 20 20 September 2013 at 2:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Song-wise, they won't replace a-ha in my affections, for Norwegian pop-singers, I'm
afraid to say. I look forward to the comedy video when a working link appears. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4466 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 5 of 20 20 September 2013 at 3:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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I prefer Margaret Berger and Gabrielle :(
Ring meg! Edited by Medulin on 20 September 2013 at 3:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4505 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 6 of 20 20 September 2013 at 4:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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The elevator sketch is the best one. Especially the Swedish during the last one. Edited by tarvos on 20 September 2013 at 4:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5132 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 7 of 20 20 September 2013 at 10:17pm | IP Logged | ||
Do you know how rare it is to have something which is - extraordinary popular on YouTube - Norwegian - appealing to me? Tonight my youngest daughter turned 14, and while we were preparing dinner we were singing and dancing along to the song (singing, dancing and cooking is not something I often do simultaneously, and particularly not with my daughter, but this tune is really catchy :-). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4626 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 8 of 20 20 September 2013 at 10:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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- From Norway - On you tube - World Famous Take on Me official Video - Can't guarantee that it's appealing to you of course. I think you should run it past your daughter though. :-) I heartily approve of singing and dancing with the kids though, whatever your taste. Cooking as well....? ....hmm....depends.... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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