Scandinavia Scandinavian Group - any interest to start one !?

Bildarna av Bergen ar mycket fint tycker jag. jar har inte varit i Sverige sedan 1969, me bodde dar for flera ar sen.:)
Kurt M.
 
Scarpia said:
Bildarna av Bergen ar mycket fint tycker jag. jag har inte varit i Sverige sedan 1969, men bodde dar for flera ar sen.:)
Kurt M.
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Nice shots Daniel! Þú eru mjög goður ljósmyndir! Ok, forgive my miserable Icelandic. Anyway, I did wind up buying an apartment in Reykjavik, so I will officially be a member of the club. I plan to live there part time until things (hopefully) take off for me there, allowing me to stay full time.

I think this is a good place to post some shots I took this summer in Iceland and the Faroe Islands though!
Kvivik, FO
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Rafters in Gjogv, FO
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Hiking down to Glymur, IS
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Arriving in Vagar, FO at midnight:
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Count me in too! I live in Roskilde, in the Copenhagen area.

I propose that the group communicate mainly in English - it would be a pity on one hand, but I work with Swedes and Danes together and while they nod their heads and act like they understand each other, there are often small mis-understandings.

Also, Finnish is of course very very different from the other Nordic languages.
 
Erik, tell me about it! The first few weeks here in Bergen was a bit tiresome...

After living here for a year it's much simpler, but I still can't grasp the Stavanger or Trøndelag accents. (And me and my colleagues still discover words that differ greatly now and then to everybody's amusement!).
 
sleepyhead said:
... I propose that the group communicate mainly in English - it would be a pity on one hand, but I work with Swedes and Danes together and while they nod their heads and act like they understand each other, there are often small mis-understandings. ...
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The small misunderstandings that do occur is the reason why we should not communicate in English. We need to practice our neighbouring languages more, not less.
I agree that some Danish and Norwegian dialects are diffcult to understand when spoken. But since communication here on RFF is written, that shouldn't be a problem.
 
The only problem with that is like sleepyhead said. You would be excluding the Finns, as well as the Icelanders. Less so the Faroese as most of them speak Danish, but still. And of course, there are the people who live in Scandinavia but either don't speak or are learning the languages. I know that I am in that situation (learning Icelandic) and I believe Yevgeniy (Varjag) speaks Norwegian, but maybe not fluently. I think that we should all speak English or a Scandinavian language as we see fit, but if you start a long statement or something to the group as a whole, it would probably be more inclusive to write it in both a Scandinavian language and English.
 
I believe most Finns, least here in RFF ;) can understand Swedish to some degree. but usually, also in my case, replies are English.

I cannot comment what language should be used. if I say lets write only "Scandinavian", I feel I might exclude someone. and if English only, somebody who wants more "local touch" might not like it.
 
I don't want to butt in since I am not Scandinavian myself, but I think doing both and trying to be as inclusive as possible while not sacrificing the flavor of the group would be best. Er það ekki?
 
Well, I didn't mean to exclude anyone.
What I wanted to say was: The problem of Scandinavians not understanding each others (closely related) languages, isn't solved by speaking less Scandinavian.
 
StuartR said:
I think that we should all speak English or a Scandinavian language as we see fit, but if you start a long statement or something to the group as a whole, it would probably be more inclusive to write it in both a Scandinavian language and English.
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Stuart's suggestion is very sensible to me.

100% disclosure: I'm an English speaker, married to a Swede, living in Denmark. So we speak English and Swedish at home, and Danish "in Life", but I'm not yet fluent in either Danish or Swedish.

Therefore, my proposal to that we speak English in this group was, em, kinda selfish...
 
Never mind the language, the point of such a group would be the chance to meetup in real life here and there (Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki &c); at such a meeting, I'd happily try to communicate with anyone, regardless of whether they preferred English or some Scandinavian language.

By the by, I stumbled upon a fellow RFF:er on the streets of Lund the other week. He was easily spotted in the crowds, carrying a Bessa R.
 
trittium said:
My family is from Telemark Norway, but I do not know the language. I would be interested though.
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Telemark is the inner core of the norwegian nation. The norwegian Kosovo. Whenever a telemarking hears the words 'The European Union' he takes his gun down from the wall. You don't have to learn the language. Most scandinavians speak English anyway.
 
What about Finns

What about Finns

magnus67 said:
Well, I didn't mean to exclude anyone.
What I wanted to say was: The problem of Scandinavians not understanding each others (closely related) languages, isn't solved by speaking less Scandinavian.
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I think you´re absolutely right as long as the Finns are not included in our little Scandinavian family, but they are and should definitely be! . Theirs is a totally differend language, however, hardly related at all. So; for Finns sake, let´s stick to English!:D
 
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