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Scandinavian Languages

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-25 21:05

ITT we talk about Scandinavian languages. Mainly Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, but Finnish, Icelandic, Greenlandic, and Faroese count as well.

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-25 21:35

Here are the alt codes for the Danish alphabet:

0197 Å         0229 å
0198 Æ         0230 æ
0216 Ø         0248 ø

Tillykke!

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-25 21:50

Skandinavia suger.

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-25 22:03

I'd like to learn Icelandic.
But I'm learning Swedish because it's easier.

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-27 8:44

Actually, Finland is a Scandinavian country. Unlike another "Scandinavian" country (namely Denmark), part of Finland is geographically in Scandinavia.

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-27 8:51

>>5
FINLAND IS SUOMALAUTA PERKELILÄÄSALIKELIA SHIT. NOT SCANDINAVIAN. THEY'RE LIKE MISPLACED ESTONIANS.

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-28 6:30

>>6
'Greenlandic' is eskimo shit, and not related to the Scandanavian languages either (ignoring the danish part). SO THEREFORE they must not be referring to the family of north germanic languages, mustn't they.

(Having said that, Finland is still pretty much the odd one out).

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-28 17:20

>>4
What guide are you using?

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-28 18:11

>>5
Finland IS a part of the Scandinavian peninsula, but as far as culture and language are concerned, it's not that similar to Norway, Denmark, or Sweden.

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-29 16:58

Finland is part of Scandinavia because there are lots of Swedes there.

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-29 17:35

>>10
There are 4,500,000 Swedes in USA as opposed to 299,000 in Finland. By that logic, the USA is a part of Scandinavia.

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-29 19:21

You are all fucking morons who obviously don't know what the fuck you are talking about.

Scandinavia is Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Norden is Scandinavia plus Finland and Iceland.

I suggest you go back to geography 101.

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-01 9:57

>>9
I take it that you don't know anything about Finnish culture?

When it comes to architecture, habits, traditions, food culture, the genetic makeup of the Finnish people, etc., Finland is a near-perfect carbon copy of the so-called Scandinavian countries. Granted, we have our own distinct stuff, but it's not like the culture of Norway and Sweden would be any more similar to each other than the culture of Finland and Sweden.

The only thing that is radically different is the Finnish language, and I don't think that's hardly a reason to exclude Finland from Scandinavia. In fact, the reason to exclude Finland seems to be entirely political, even racist, and not based on any notions of culture. A hundred years ago it was widely thought that Finns were simply blond and blue-eyed Mongoloids, akin to the Japanese and the Chinese. Genetics eventually proved them wrong, but the idea that "we're better than they are" has stayed in the subconscious of modern Norwegians, Swedes and Danes, whether they're aware of it or not.

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-01 10:52

Finnish culture = sucking Russia's cock.

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-01 14:08

>>13
finns = swedified azns

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-01 21:09

>>13
The Finns had paid off quite a few biologists to have the results fixed so that noone would make fun of them anymore.

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-03 0:52

OP here. Can any Danes offer any resources or advice about how to use the stød? If I understand it properly, it's similar to a glottal stop, but even those are pretty much unknown to speakers of American English.

And I'm withholding any judgment of the Finns until I actually visit Finland. I'm hoping to go backpacking through Norden within the next 2 or 3 years.

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-03 10:33

Guy in Norway here:

From my experience with Danish, just jam a hot potato down your throat and try to utter anything. The collection of noises you then make are what linguists call "Danish".

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-03 11:07

>>18
Tired joke from tired video...

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-09 10:38

>>13

well BO-fucking-HO. are you seriously dumb enough to believe that there are any racist capacity whatsoever left over for you finns when there are sandniggers all over Scandinavia?
stop playing the paranoid victim role.

Norwegians, Danes and Swedes can understand eachother while the Finnish language is 7000% alien. That's why you can never be true Scandinavians. No one gives a fuck about your genes.

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-09 10:48

besides, Finns look like mongoloids

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-09 14:45

>>20
>>21
cry somewhere else

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-17 17:26

Finland is so hated among scandinavians. Its's kinda strange since this hate is pretty one sided (except for Sweden lol, but hey, have to hate your neighbour). But whatever. I couldn't care less about how people define "scandinavia" or "norden". I'm proud of my country being one of the best places to live and I really wish that scands could give up with this bullshit. I'm pretty sure we all know there are bigger threaths in future.

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-18 4:34

>>19

It's true.

Name: Anonymous 2008-03-18 4:38

>>13

Why do Scandinavians always expect people to know everything about them?

Spoilers: Scandinavia isn't worth shit internationally. No one gives a shit, except perhaps oil companies.

Bare vær glad for at de i det hele tatt vet om Skandinavias eksistens, ditt svin. Men inntil du gjør noe som gjør landet ditt verdenskjent, er Tajikistan mer interessant enn hvite middelklassesunger i snøland.

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