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Guldbamsen 
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 Posted: July 24 2015 at 05:57 |
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The connection between Frisian and Danish is also something I've picked up on. In my teen years I travelled to Holland to play tennis tournaments. I stayed with a local family who spoke Frisian amongst themselves, and I was very surprised to find so many words and sentences that sounded Danish. I think they were too.
Oh and Danish is a strange lingo - you got that right.....though not as weird as Nynorsk!! The one language I don't understand in Scandinavia (Finnish doesn't count).
Edited by Guldbamsen - July 24 2015 at 06:05
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 06:00 |
 twseel wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
twseel wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
To be honest, I have almost no knowledge of Scandinavian languages, but Norwegian and Danish look to me more related than Swedish, just by the way it is written.
What is fascinating about Norwegian is, if I understood well, that there is no official Norwegian, but different regions have different versions of Norwegian.
In The Netherlands and north half of Belgium, there are quite some Dutch dialects, but at least there is the official Dutch, and the semi-official (Belgian) Flemish version of the Dutch (tussentaal = in between language). |
but written Belgian doesn't break any official Dutch language rules right? Only Frisian(Friesian?) does that |
True. The Dutch that is written in the Netherlands and the Dutch that is written in Belgium are officially the same. Maybe some other words are chosen (synonyms, and some words that are being used more often in either country), but essentially they are the same. <span style="line-height: 1.4;">
</span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;">Frisian (Frysk) is an official language, so that is a different thing.</span> |
Jullie zeggen 'schoon' in plaats van 'mooi' en 'amai' aan het begin van iedere zin |
 Ja, dat doen de Belgen. Amai, amai! Maar ik ben geen Belg, maar een Nederlander die in België woont. 
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 08:26 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
The connection between Frisian and Danish is also something I've picked up on. In my teen years I travelled to Holland to play tennis tournaments. I stayed with a local family who spoke Frisian amongst themselves, and I was very surprised to find so many words and sentences that sounded Danish. I think they were too.
Oh and Danish is a strange lingo - you got that right.....though not as weird as Nynorsk!! The one language I don't understand in Scandinavia (Finnish doesn't count).
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That's interesting. I've been trying to determine the origins of the surname Ewe in my family tree. They are believed to have come from Westphalia before immigrating to the U.S. in 1843 and the branch that leads to me has been known to use an apostrophe in the name: E'we. A German surname dictionary at my library says the name is of Frisian origin. I've had thoughts before that it might be Dutch or French (there were a number of "Earls of Ewe" in Normandy), but research results have been inconclusive thus far.
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Icarium
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 11:03 |
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the surname Disney is of Normandie origins so maybe Walts relatives were Vikings :o
Edited by Icarium - July 24 2015 at 11:04
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twseel
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 11:09 |
Moogtron III wrote:
twseel wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
twseel wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
To be honest, I have almost no knowledge of Scandinavian languages, but Norwegian and Danish look to me more related than Swedish, just by the way it is written.
What is fascinating about Norwegian is, if I understood well, that there is no official Norwegian, but different regions have different versions of Norwegian.
In The Netherlands and north half of Belgium, there are quite some Dutch dialects, but at least there is the official Dutch, and the semi-official (Belgian) Flemish version of the Dutch (tussentaal = in between language). |
but written Belgian doesn't break any official Dutch language rules right? Only Frisian(Friesian?) does that |
True. The Dutch that is written in the Netherlands and the Dutch that is written in Belgium are officially the same. Maybe some other words are chosen (synonyms, and some words that are being used more often in either country), but essentially they are the same. <span style="line-height: 1.4;">
</span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;">Frisian (Frysk) is an official language, so that is a different thing.</span> |
Jullie zeggen 'schoon' in plaats van 'mooi' en 'amai' aan het begin van iedere zin |
Ja, dat doen de Belgen. Amai, amai!
Maar ik ben geen Belg, maar een Nederlander die in België woont. |
Amai, dat valt dan weer mee.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 11:11 |
twseel wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
twseel wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
twseel wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
To be honest, I have almost no knowledge of Scandinavian languages, but Norwegian and Danish look to me more related than Swedish, just by the way it is written.
What is fascinating about Norwegian is, if I understood well, that there is no official Norwegian, but different regions have different versions of Norwegian.
In The Netherlands and north half of Belgium, there are quite some Dutch dialects, but at least there is the official Dutch, and the semi-official (Belgian) Flemish version of the Dutch (tussentaal = in between language). |
but written Belgian doesn't break any official Dutch language rules right? Only Frisian(Friesian?) does that |
True. The Dutch that is written in the Netherlands and the Dutch that is written in Belgium are officially the same. Maybe some other words are chosen (synonyms, and some words that are being used more often in either country), but essentially they are the same. <span style="line-height: 1.4;">
</span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;">Frisian (Frysk) is an official language, so that is a different thing.</span> |
Jullie zeggen 'schoon' in plaats van 'mooi' en 'amai' aan het begin van iedere zin |
Ja, dat doen de Belgen. Amai, amai!
Maar ik ben geen Belg, maar een Nederlander die in België woont. |
Amai, dat valt dan weer mee. |
Allez, ge zijt 'n'Ollander dan, gelijk ik?
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 11:37 |
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Je gelijkt, nu in Noord-Holland, straks in Groningen.
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Icarium
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 13:20 |
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when will you arrive in Groeningen
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 13:27 |
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when my study starts in early september or maybe a bit earlier
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 13:32 |
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あなたの専攻は何ですか？
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 13:33 |
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Groningen is where most of my family originates. Groningen and Friesland.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 13:35 |
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Vompatti
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 13:41 |
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 13:42 |
Vompatti wrote:
あなたの専攻は何ですか？ |
I only don't understand the kanji after no, also isn't the question mark redundant
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 13:50 |
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Vompatti
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 13:51 |
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^ olol
^^ it is k
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Icarium
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 14:45 |
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mmmmm Darkwing Duck on Disney channel, fianlly some quality...
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Icarium
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 14:46 |
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im no kanji expert
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Polymorphia
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 21:13 |
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This is all an allusion.
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 21:18 |
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