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Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5356 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French
| Message 25 of 170 03 January 2015 at 3:29pm | IP Logged |
You have a perfectly valid point. Clearly we were looking at the question from two opposing sides: I was trying to make it easy for the average forum member to see us as the Scandinavian team. You, on the other hand, were hoping to induce them to open their eyes to the beauty of Nordic culture. You’re evidently more optimistic than I am about our capacity to wake people’s interest on the subject.
As I said, I’m perfectly happy with any of the names suggested so far.
Edited by Emme on 03 January 2015 at 3:30pm
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4716 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 26 of 170 03 January 2015 at 5:05pm | IP Logged |
Sleipnir is a central figure in Nordic mythology - it's the horse Odin rides on. Anyone
who is even slightly interested in Nordic mythology will understand that reference.
Edited by tarvos on 03 January 2015 at 5:05pm
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| Jaynie Senior Member Denmark Joined 5919 days ago 51 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Danish, Latin
| Message 27 of 170 03 January 2015 at 5:05pm | IP Logged |
Here are a few Danish resources that I did not see in the above list. If they don't suit your criteria for inclusion in the main list, just ignore them - no big deal :)
Courses:
Duolingo
Speak Danish (fee)
Skapago (fee)
These publishers offer educational material, but some of the offerings are better for self-teaching than others. Admittedly, shipping outside of Denmark is quite expensive.
Alfabeta
Synope
Native Media:
Sproget.dk: Language rules and more
Grammatik for dummies: Grammar Videos
Vejr: DMI: weather
Studieportalen Grammar and much more
Ebook / Audiobook sellers:
Arnold Busck
SAXO
Pottermore (Harry Potter)
Film Sales
Laserdisken
Edited by Jaynie on 03 January 2015 at 5:21pm
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| Sooniye Diglot Groupie Sweden Joined 3906 days ago 44 posts - 52 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Spanish, Danish, Turkish, Japanese, Croatian, Hindi, Hungarian, Albanian
| Message 28 of 170 03 January 2015 at 7:43pm | IP Logged |
I am fine with either of the proposed names, even though I lean more towards "making people
curious" about the Scandinavian culture. But maybe I am biased. :)
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5175 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 29 of 170 03 January 2015 at 8:54pm | IP Logged |
I will wait for a few hours for the name issue to be settled, I assuming we're pending more towards Sleipnir, may I assume so? Meanwhile, our
January Challenge
Tell us why you are studying your Scandinavian language(s) and how do you plan to make progress in 2015.
Veterans can add up what was the most interesting book/text/film/TV show you read last year in your studied Scandinavian language.
Beginners feel free to write in English. Veterans, please add English translation to the texts you write for the challenge, so that others can follow.
Edited by Expugnator on 03 January 2015 at 8:59pm
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| daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4530 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic
| Message 30 of 170 03 January 2015 at 9:53pm | IP Logged |
To get this name issue over with, why not just vote?
http://vote.pollcode.com/12746327
I hope I haven't overlooked any suggestion.
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| daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4530 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic
| Message 31 of 170 04 January 2015 at 1:11am | IP Logged |
A heads-up for the learners of Norwegian here:
Kampen om
tungvannet starts today.
Here is the trailer: http://tv.nrk.no/serie/kampen-om-tungtvannet/KMTE40003813
Looks interesting.
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6606 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 32 of 170 04 January 2015 at 2:04am | IP Logged |
tarvos wrote:
Sleipnir is a central figure in Nordic mythology - it's the horse Odin rides on. Anyone who is even slightly interested in Nordic mythology will understand that reference. |
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I have a more than slight interest but I didn't know that :/
one more thing is that it's a relatively long name...
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