the swedish quarter here is called andersanville, it's nothing big ,swedish bakeries/restaurants here and there. Mirroring the great scandinavian spirit of acceptance it's become lesbo town lol
It's fun to see all the people here who either don't want to live where they do or they've moved around a lot to figure out where they want to be. :toast:
I can't believe the Norwegians on the forum are complaining about accents
I'll go as far as saying that Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish are all accents/dialects and came from the same language. Somewhere in history something went wrong, and we ended up with Danish and Norwegian. Swedish is by far the most comprehensible of them all. So you guys can't complain
I can't believe the Norwegians on the forum are complaining about accents
I'll go as far as saying that Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish are all accents/dialects and came from the same language. Somewhere in history something went wrong, and we ended up with Danish and Norwegian. Swedish is by far the most comprehensible of them all. So you guys can't complain
And these recordings are actually very pure dialect, what you usually encounter from people who speak in a dialect is more deviation than this.
So when you're Norwegian you're pretty much expected to understand each and every dialect. As a kid I found this very distressful, some I didn't get at all. But when you hear enough of it on tv, it eventually becomes easy.
So when you're Norwegian you're pretty much expected to understand each and every dialect. As a kid I found this very distressful, some I didn't get at all. But when you hear enough of it on tv, it eventually becomes easy.
I heard a story about Petra's sister when she was three years old, they were in Skåne somewhere and people were talking with her, I can't remember about what but her reaction was a question to her mother:
"Mamma, varför pratar de inte svenska med mig?" (Mamma, why aren't they speaking Swedish with me?"
Imagine this scenario. You and I go to Köpenhamn, we both would say "What the hell are they saying??" right? Now if a Dane and I went to Oslo, I think the Dane would understand you guys better than I would, at least that's what I think. Then if you and a Dane came to Stockholm, you both would understand me but I would still be like "What the hell did you say?"
I don't know, what do you think? And Jeeks, please fill in
Very interesting Martin. Altho I didnt understand a word, the Stavanger one sounds like she's going to crack up in the middle of her sentence
I thought Norway was voted one of the best places to live in the world. My older brother is actually trying to immigrate there to do an MBA first, and then try to find a job/settle down etc.
Imagine this scenario. You and I go to Köpenhamn, we both would say "What the hell are they saying??" right? Now if a Dane and I went to Oslo, I think the Dane would understand you guys better than I would, at least that's what I think. Then if you and a Dane came to Stockholm, you both would understand me but I would still be like "What the hell did you say?"
Very interesting Martin. Altho I didnt understand a word, the Stavanger one sounds like she's going to crack up in the middle of her sentence
I thought Norway was voted one of the best places to live in the world. My older brother is actually trying to immigrate there to do an MBA first, and then try to find a job/settle down etc.