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[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid 6 points 1 year ago

don't Norwegians English now?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All Scandinavians English. In fact, the vast majority of us are fluent.

But in case you meant that Norwegians ONLY speak English, that's not the case. They actually speak TWO kinds of Norwegian. Bokmål, which is a pretty good attempt at Danish and Nynorsk, which is a pretty good imitation of insanity.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

In fact, the vast majority of us are fluen.

The rest are fluen't.

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid 2 points 1 year ago

if you consider Scandinavia as refering to the Nordics then Estonian has quite a bit of English speakers

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I consider Scandinavia as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, since that's what Scandinavia is. I'm not speaking of only Scandinavia to exclude the other Nordic countries, though, just because I know a lot less about the other Nordic countries vis a vis their language abilities 🤷

Except for the fun fact that Estonia is the only country outside of the Kingdom of Denmark that teaches Danish as a mandatory subject in school 😁

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid 1 points 1 year ago

how sure are you about that last part

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure. Supposedly it started because of an old legend about the origins of Dannebrog and became tradition. Why, have you found another one? 😛

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid 3 points 1 year ago

that was the first reply I've read in 2024

[-] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Woah time traveller from the future!

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Happy New Year!

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