I really feel for Scandinavian people

[AbkoowDhiblaawe]

Is it true Danish, Swedish and Norwegians can all understand each other?

I am,

Abdi "Swedes speak the calmest" Johnson

Yeah its true.

[Ismail87]

Abdi, yes but that depends on how good you speak Danish/Swedish/Norwegian. 10 years ago I was able to understand them all perfectly but now I struggle to even understand Danes.
Danish sounds the best though, Swedes sound like they are singing and Norwegians are in a never ending battle with their tongues, forcing out unnecessary sounds and letters when they speak.

Deeqa, he does actually say xey ahayd when he looks up lol sorry I thought he didn't know what to say next.

[Colonel]

^ He is lost for words. He is against the Danish people accepting homosexuality. He tried to describe a threesome between three guys and he called it a 'trekant' - triangle. Then he goes on to say a whole lot of crap like 2+2, "rain comes from the sky, if it started raining oil it would be unnatural" iyo waxaan la garanayn. I barely understood what he was saying xagaaf buu mariyey Af Danishka.

[ManD333q]

^ He is lost for words. He is against the Danish people accepting homosexuality. He tried to describe a threesome between three guys and he called it a 'trekant' - triangle. Then he goes on to say a whole lot of crap like 2+2, "rain comes from the sky, if it started raining oil it would be unnatural" iyo waxaan la garanayn. I barely understood what he was saying xagaaf buu mariyey Af Danishka.

[HooBariiska]

the best amongst the scandevians are the danish. They are awesome people. RESPECT

[Arabman]

the best amongst the scandevians are the danish. They are awesome people. RESPECT

No such thing as "the best." People are people, and I'm sure the Danish aren't angels. One episode, the Jyllands-Posten, was particularly ugly on part of the Danish people.

[Marques]

Abdi, yes but that depends on how good you speak Danish/Swedish/Norwegian. 10 years ago I was able to understand them all perfectly but now I struggle to even understand Danes.
Danish sounds the best though, Swedes sound like they are singing and Norwegians are in a never ending battle with their tongues, forcing out unnecessary sounds and letters when they speak.

Deeqa, he does actually say xey ahayd when he looks up lol sorry I thought he didn't know what to say next.

Is it like the the Scots, the Irish and the Englishmen? We all speak English, just with a varied dialect though Welsh is completely different.

[Ismail87]

Marques, maya saxib it is not like the British and their dialects. The main differences between Scandinavians are the pronunciations and sometimes the spelling.

English - I had a pleasant day to day.

Norwegian - Jeg hadde en hyggelig dag i dag.
Swedish - Jag hade en trevlig dag idag.
Danish Jeg havde en hyggelig dag i dag.

English - I'm not doing anything at the moment.

Norwegian - Jeg gjør noe for øyeblikket.
Swedish - Jag gör ingenting just nu.
Danish - Jeg laver ikke noget i øjeblikket.

Not much difference but as you already know the only difference between the Brits is verbal and not written. That is not the case with Scandinavians, hence why I said Swedes sound like they are singing opera and Norwegians fight with their tongues.

[SultanOrder]

Marques, I don't think it's anything like english speakers around the world, remember english all come from england, and went out to scottland, ireland, wales, America, Canada, Australia, all relatively recently. Scandinavians all basically spoke the same language a thousand years ago, old norse, but each country slowly developed their own differences, with the Danish being heavily influenced by Germany, Dutch, because at one time they were ruled by them and the closeness. Denmark and Norway were baiscally one country until about 200 years ago, which is why their writing is identical, and were both administered from Denmark, while Sweden kept it's independence. Norweigian is a middle language between the two, and they have the easiest time understanding both language, swedish and danes have the hardest time understanding each other which is only about 30-40% of the time.

I think the best relations is Afmaxaatir iyo Afmaymay, we share a lot of words and grammar but we don't understand each other perfectly.

[Ismail87]

The Dutch and the Germans ruled Denmark? When?

It was the Danes who ruled the whole of Scandinavia under Margaret I.
Swedes and Danes understand each other better than that saxib Swedes from Skåne (South western Sweden) almost speak danish.

[SultanOrder]

I must of misread it somewhere, but I know the language was heavily influenced by at least German.

Sweden has many accents, and yes the closer the people are to each other the better they understand each other, but even then, the Danish have a really bad time understanding swedes, though for example they understand those from malmo a lot better than one from stockholm.

[SultanOrder]

Here is a wiki on how well they understand each other

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Germ ... ligibility

[SultanOrder]

marques how well do you understand this?

[Marques]

marques how well do you understand this?

I usually understand most Scots but the speed of his talk and lack of clarity in his voice in the clip just made it all the worse.

[Jaidi]

I thought this thread would be about feminine the young dudes are there. Grown men out there sending hearts in text messages to other grown men