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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Close. Swedish is a failed attempt at Danish, as is Norwegian.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

don't Norwegians English now?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

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 10 months ago

In fact, the vast majority of us are fluen.

The rest are fluen't.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

how sure are you about that last part

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

that was the first reply I've read in 2024

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago

Woah time traveller from the future!

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Happy New Year!