Ye Olde Pub (The English Pub)

[Dofty]

Why is English better than Norwegian?

Because I think English is too easy. I always get 5 on my grades every year. I've been trying to get 6, but i'm not THAT good.

 

English is the only thing i can really handle well. I mean, i get 2, maybe 3 on every thing else. So, i would prefere English rather than Norwegian.

[Underpants]

How come you think English is easier than the language you speak and write every day?

[Datasmurf]

I've got no idea about Dofty, but me ... I just simply love English. I think I read more English than Norwegian, and when I speak, I blend those two languages into a loveable mash.

 

English is such a richer language and so much better, don't take me wrong. I love Norway and the Norwegian languages, but there's something special about English.

It's so ... not Danish or something.

[Underpants]

I totally understand your point! Completely not Danish.

[Skarstard]

English is such a richer language and so much better, don't take me wrong. I love Norway and the Norwegian languages, but there's something special about English.

It's so ... not Danish or something.

"Such a richer language" indeed ...

 

How come you think English is easier than the language you speak and write every day?

Well, because of the fact that it isn't our first language the bar isn't set quite as high. In addition, the Norwegian syllabus is pure torture.

[Underpants]

Pure torture? Why?

[Dofty]

When I think, I think in English. And sometimes I say what I'm thinking and then it comes out in English. And I got such a greater vocabulary in English than in Norwegian.

 

My friends thinks that I'm from UK or something. But I'm pure Norwegian.

 

Maybe in the future we all speak English...

 

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, i love Norway and it's language, just like Datasmurf.

Endret 17. mai 2008 av Dofty

[Essem]

Of course I speak and write Norwegian better than English. I do, however, hope that the whole world one day will be united and speak the same language

Endret 17. mai 2008 av -drugiS-

[Vikingspeider]

I think it is pure hilarity how a lot of users here proclaim themselves much better in English than Norwegian, and still have a larger-than-necessary amount of errors in spelling, grammar and so on.

 

I prefer English above any language - well, it's the only one I speak next to Norwegian. I am learning Spanish though, and I'm getting introduced to German and Italian, and I have looked at Icelandic too. I would like to expand my language skills to a point where I will never have to fear that people will not understand me, no matter where I am. Well, not in China and related(language wise) countries of course, but I'm not going to go there as far as I know. But I've experience that Spanish speakers are often not very skilled in the English language, and as they aren't going to learn it any better, I might as well try to meet them on their own premises.

 

So as I said... I really like English. I had a 6 in it in 9th and 10th grade, and 1st in Videregående, which I don't know the English name for. I guess College or High School is close, but... well, never mind that. I believe I have a 5 in Norwegian right now, but there is a vast difference between the subjects. You aren't expected to know the same things about the world, or the English-speaking part of it anyway, in English, but in Norwegian, you have all these completely uninteresting people who went somewhere and did something once upon a time. Can't we learn about that in History classes? And what about things like novelists and... whatever related? That's not interesting, and nobody cares anymore! The only ones that will take care of our "cultural heritage", or that part of it, will be people that are interested in it in the first place. So... basically I do not believe it is necessary to teach it.

 

Uh... sorry about that rant. Not really called for, but I guess I had to write it for some reason.

 

Like several others, I think in English, I talk to myself in English, and sometimes I confuse my friends by PWNING them with my English skills. Not to brag, but they're really not close... I am not taking English classes this year, but next year I'll take English for 3rd grade at school, and English for 2nd grade on a home study basis, so I will be allowed to have English for 3rd grade. And that way I won't have to have politics. Phew.

[Vikingspeider]

*Is too lazy to edit post*

 

So, that was an introduction to what I think of English in a flash. Sorry about the cocky attitude I accidently expressed, but that can sometimes happen; it wasn't really my intention, but in real life you can't change what you're said, and that can also be a reason not to edit my post

 

So yeah! Let's keep talking then, shall we?

 

 

By the way... do you guys prefer British or American accents? Or perhaps something else? Personally, I think the plain sutheastern British accent is the best sounding, but also easiest to understand. I believe Daniel Radcliffe, as an example, has that one. Just mentioning him because I watched The Goblet of Fire today The general American accent is also cool, but it's a bit more difficult to make sound good, I think. Scottish and "hillbilly/redneck" are also awesome ones, but they're harder to make and sound phony and "staged" if it's not your real accent.

[thrice]

But Sondre, politics is fun, and useful!

[Skarstard]

The workingclass Londoner dialect, as spoken in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, is rather cool, in my opinion. I also have a thing for the Nashville dialect, which is incredibly cute.

 

I think it is pure hilarity how a lot of users here proclaim themselves much better in English than Norwegian, and still have a larger-than-necessary amount of errors in spelling, grammar and so on.

I'll have to agree with you on that one, and I don't think it was out of line at all to point it out.

 

Although, seeing how terrible many people on this message board are at Norwegian, they just might be telling the truth.

Endret 17. mai 2008 av Skarstad

[Underpants]

My favorite English dialect is the one the pikeys speak in Snatch.

 

I saw Snatch first, but i was told that Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was better. It wasn't.

[Essem]

I feel it exactly the same way, Underpants. I saw Snatch 5 times, and thought it was perfect. Then I saw Lock, Stock, Snatch is much better

[Bonna86]

yvonne2,

 

Are you a teacher student? Or are you aiming to be one? I got my exams in society science didactics tomorrow I took the class with a bunch of teacher student.

 

Yes, I'm studying to become a teacher. I'm in the third year of four year teacher education programme. Been taking a course similar to you I think.

 

 

Well, because of the fact that it isn't our first language the bar isn't set quite as high. In addition, the Norwegian syllabus is pure torture.

 

Well, don't know about that. Actually, I think Norwegians in general are quite "well taught", in English that is. Though most Norwegians may not be capable of expressing themselves correctly at all times, they have a way of being understood in other parts of the world. I work in a shop and I encounter tourists every day, especially tourists from the States, UK etc. And often they comment on this, as it were to be a fact. I actually recall a time when I was better in English grammar than Norwegian. As I see it, some teachers tend to work explicitly with English grammar, whereas they tend to be more "loose" when it comes to Norwegian grammar, as it's our mother tongue (for most Norwegians anyway). It seems like they don't feel the need to be as thorough as they ought to. I was drilled in English nouns and verbs - and it gave me a great foundation for later achievements in English. So, it might seem like we're being almost too thorough, but I think it's great. Not that it should become some sort of a competition between Norwegian and English in school. I don't think it's about having the need of pushing standards, but actually improving and building the base to create achievements and learning later on.

Endret 19. mai 2008 av yvonne2

[Underpants]

I feel it exactly the same way, Underpants. I saw Snatch 5 times, and thought it was perfect. Then I saw Lock, Stock, Snatch is much better

Indeed. I thought Lock, Stock ... was kind of flat and boring, while Snatch had this special feeling over it, and Brad Pitt's cool character.

[Lidskjalv]

*Is too lazy to edit post*

 

So, that was an introduction to what I think of English in a flash. Sorry about the cocky attitude I accidently expressed, but that can sometimes happen; it wasn't really my intention, but in real life you can't change what you're said, and that can also be a reason not to edit my post

 

So yeah! Let's keep talking then, shall we?

 

 

By the way... do you guys prefer British or American accents? Or perhaps something else? Personally, I think the plain sutheastern British accent is the best sounding, but also easiest to understand. I believe Daniel Radcliffe, as an example, has that one. Just mentioning him because I watched The Goblet of Fire today The general American accent is also cool, but it's a bit more difficult to make sound good, I think. Scottish and "hillbilly/redneck" are also awesome ones, but they're harder to make and sound phony and "staged" if it's not your real accent.

 

None. Sure it is a matter of natural exposure, but since I only occasionally use English at work orally, I prefer to use Norwegian accent. It's much easier to speak naturally, when you don't have to focus on how Oxford or American you sound.

[Tunky]

Oh.. I'm going to have the english mock exam (?) tomorrow. I think I'm well prepared, but I don't know. We're going to have an old exam. The 10th grade exam from 2005. The topic is "challenges", so if anyone has had it, you are welcome to give me some tips.

 

Does anyone know what "høyspentmast" is in english?

Endret 20. mai 2008 av Knewt

[Skarstard]

That would be "pylon", or "power pylon".

Endret 20. mai 2008 av Skarstad

[Tunky]

Hmm. I posted the same question in the "Translation-thread" (sticky) and there it was said that it's called a "high voltage power pole." Can I use both?

 

Tritrans.net says that "pylon" meens "ledningsmast", so "power pylon" seems correct.

Endret 20. mai 2008 av Knewt