Re: Scandinavian languages (was: Re: anti-Sanskritism and more)

Isadora skrev:

>I'll leave it up to the Scandinavians on the list to give you the
>definitive answer on this one, since Danish is my second language.  When I
>have tried to read Norwegian, it has gone reasonably well.  When I have
>tried to read Swedish, it has not gone nearly so well.  I have had very
>little aural exposure to either language.
>
>I can tell you that a Danish friend told me that she once picked up a book
>and started reading.  She didn't have any particular trouble reading it,
>but she was very surprised to find so many orthographical errors in a
>printed book.  Eventually, she realized that the book was written in
>Norwegian.
>
>I know that the Swedes on the list have complained about how poorly the
>Danish language is enunciated, making it very difficult for them to
>understand spoken.  We have at least one Dane on the list.  (Do we have
>more?)  Do we have any Norwegians?
A site you might find of interest is:

http://www.lysator.liu.se/nordic/scn/Northgermanic.html

Back in my Taiwan years, I found a better, more readable site on the
subject, but I can't seem to find it in this morning's search. Oh
well.

Kou