Ye Olde Pub (The English Pub)

[Vitharr]

Ahh I love it here! I'm in Stavanger at the moment -- it's a beautiful city.

 

And as far as speaking Norwegian goes? People think I'm Norwegian all the time. It's awesome =)

Endret 7. august 2008 av Vitharr

[Scotty]

Really? You sure don't look so, no offence of course. Saw the pictures you added, looks very nice there. How long are you staying?

[Snurreleif]

And as far as speaking Norwegian goes? People think I'm Norwegian all the time. It's awesome =)

 

 

Well good for you, it's really easy for norwegians to notice on someones "accent" if he's from Norway or not, so if you've come across that barrier, you're on a roll mate.

 

It's always fun to get those sort of comments aswell, it's like this one time when I was playing online with some random people from the US.

We had these long conversations about nothing and everything really, and then one of them (the oldest by the sound of it) asked me wether I was from Boston or anywhere close to Boston, due to my accent.

 

Kinda made me cocky but hey, I don't mind.

 

 

 

...Anyways, more you less me:

 

How's the people in Stavanger treating you?

Kinda have a phobia for that place myself due to their accent but..

Endret 8. august 2008 av Snurreleif

[Vitharr]

To Scotty: Oh I know I don't look so, so no offense taken. I was only referring to the Norwegian thing when it came to SPEAKING, not looking. I'll probably be in Stavanger until the 14th, then I head up to Trondheim for a while until finally going to Surnadal to start FHS.

 

Snurreleif: It's awesome that they thought you were from Boston! It's completely fine to be cocky...I feel the same way, hehe.

 

The people in Stavanger are treating me fine..I love the dialect/accent here since it's the one I learned. How does the accent here affect you in a bad way, if I may ask?

[Snurreleif]

I dunno to be honest, it's just, unsettling.

 

It just sounds like some gutteral throat sounds that tries to force their way out, trying desperately to sound like decent norwegian.

It's not that I don't like people from Stavanger, they're a great people, but it's like having sex to an ugly woman with a nice body, you just wanna hide/ignore the bad part.

 

 

...Not that my accent is any better.

[lolidude]

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Endret 19. august 2008 av lolidude

[konduktans]

it's like having sex to an ugly woman with a nice body, you just wanna hide/ignore the bad part.

Weirdly enough, that made perfect sense to me.

 

Personally, I prefer regular Norwegian "bokmål". It's difinitely easier to understand, and it's more versatile when it comes to learning new languages. Where I come from, the native dialect is probably as far from English as you could come. Still, the dialect helped me a lot while learning German(words like e.g. gebursdag).

 

It's cool that some of you like English as much as I do. This thread is definitely a step in the right direction

[cyclo]

I think I have to start being active in here again

[321]

I speak English!

[konduktans]

I speak British, American English, German, Norwegian, New Norwegian(??) and Swedish.

 

What are you all up to? Have you gotten any oral practice? In English that is I haven't spoken English in two years now, and besides extremely inappropriate shower singing, I'm starting to get a little rusty. Have you got any suggestions of how I can practice more in the every day life?

[Corlan]

I spent the better parts of the last eight years abroad, so I'm probably more comfortable with english than norwegian at this point, at least when it comes to academic and/or professional language. My accent just keeps changing, or so I hear. After 3 years in Melbourne my accent took on a distinct aussie slur, and after working with tons of brits in France for a couple of years recently, I'm told I sound like a londoner most of the times. After about a year working in Norway now, I have to admit I really do miss the chance to speak english on a daily basis.

[konduktans]

I'd bet. My English has only gotten worse since I finished 10th grade. Damn Norwegian language

[Mad Esc]

What's wrong with Norwegian?

[konduktans]

If Norwegian was non-existing, we'd all be speaking English. And if we all spoke English, I'd be much better than I am at the moment. If Norwegian had never existed, we'd all be speaking that horrific language that the Danish speak. But that, of course, never happened. But I still think that English should replace Norwegian within the next decade.

[Corlan]

That's a bit drastic. You'll most likely see increased influence of english, but it's a process that's going to take a whole lot longer than a decade.

[konduktans]

Yeah, I guess. I would definitely prefer speaking English instead of Norwegian in everyday life, though. Maybe we should try to make English an official language here in Norway?

[Corlan]

there's really no reason to if you ask me. Norwegians speak close to perfect english, or at least everyone 40 or younger does, and there is no reason Norwegian as a language should dissapate, or get absorbed by english. The fascinating thing with languages is the constant fluidity and change. No language remains the same for an extended period of time, and resisting that change as some conservative organisations do, is to me, counterproductive. I love speaking english, but I really do not see a reason for the norwegian language to dissapear anytime soon.

Endret 18. september 2008 av Covn

[Lidskjalv]

New rules for the thread. Hope you all have a understanding for my point of view. Please read first post.

[konduktans]

Alright then. I think it's better with "boring" activity than no activity, but you're the boss(kind of).

 

What's going on in Norway today? Here, it's boring as hell, even though a moving emusement park is in town. It's about a quarter the size of Tusenfryd, and it boasts both stands(also known as "pakkis-sjapper") and some rides. I'm going down tomorrow to see if anything fun happens there

[Lidskjalv]

I'm home from work today. I wouldn't dare to show up at work with this unstable nose of mine. This morning I just touched it during regular morning hygiene and the blood just pored out. Imagine me handling customers and suddenly staring to nosebleed in front of them....

 

Delicious...

 

 

Endret 18. september 2008 av Lidskjalv