Re: linguistic "flavours" (was Re: Missing Words)

>From: BP Jonsson <melroch@...>
>
>If you mean that Swedish is bland in comparison to Norwegian I'm all with
>you! :-)
>Icelandic then is a salty, chunky fish soup with accompanying
>_brennivín_...
Plus, as I've at least somehow used to Swedish stressing, Norwegian sounds
chaotic in my ears. Are you perhaps Norwegian, then? :)
Danish is the hot potato they are rumoured to be keeping in their mouth when
speaking. ;) (<- all Danes please see the emoticon) Maybe they got the
potato from the Nordic Soup.


>BTW, what do your initials "M.Å." stand for?
>You are Finnish, right?
Right.
Maija Åstrand; the Swedish surname comes from finlandssvenska part of my
family. My grandfather spoke not a word of Finnish, or so I've heard.

---
-M. Å.

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