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Bong Lover on 06 June 2012
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DanneSandin said:
Bong Lover said:
DanneSandin said:
 

Så sant som det är sagt! I'll say this: Sweden is in a disadvantage when it comes to understand all other nordic/scandinavian languages! Norwegian and danish really look ALOT like each others when written, no one understands finish ppl and Iceland is too far away to be bothered by ;)

Icelandic is very very similar to Old Norse. In Norway kids learn (some) Old Norse which at least gives some sort of footing to read icelandic. Norsk slik som du sikkert hører det snakket er egentlig en variant av dansk. Det er mange norske dialekter som er mer 'riktig' enn bokmål som det heter hvis du ser historisk på det. Reading Danish is very easy for Norwegians, understanding spoken Danish however,... impossible for anyone. Faktisk er dansk så mongo at dansker selv ikke forstår hva de sier:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk

Hahahaha! damn I'm LOLing!!! hahahaha!!! But I've acctually heard that danes don't understand each other if they come from Copenhagen or Jylland...

It's really cool you're learning old norse in school! It would be soooo sweet if we had the same opportunity! It is after all a part of our culture and history. As far as I understand there's only like a few letters that seperates norwegian and danish? But I don't really understand why you have nynorsk and bokmål... that's the name for them, right?

This might not be relevant for the thread, but bokmål is a form of Norwegian that evolved during the 400 years of Danish rule in Norway. Nynorsk is a language that was constructed in the 1850 and is based on the 'original' dialects still spoken in various parts of the country. It was (is?) an attempt to reclaim a more traditional Norwegian language.

 

Also: Aaaah! Kamelåså!!!