Ye Olde Pub (The English Pub)

[Cazzo Grande]

Obvious places like the castle, akershus festning, rådhuset, karl johan etc. You should also take your time to go to holmenkollen, I've heard the view is great.

[Bear^]

Hasn't that been demolished to give way for the new ski arena?

[DyrtDyr]

Hey guys, just to let you know you've got a native English speaker here hanging out, so feel free to ask me anything. I've been lurking around here for the past couple of days, it's been a great way to pick up Norwegian expressions and words (I'm currently learning it) and I've decided that I'm gonna have to jump in on the action.

 

Oh and btw, I'm from Australia. Stop complaining about the snowfall! I'm craving some intense Norwegian snow atm haha as every day here has been like 40 degrees!!

 

Oh and guys, don't speak so fast It makes the news kinda difficult to follow

[Getingar]

Australia allows people to import 1,5 kilos of snus

[Mikkel™]

If you want some snow, just come and get it!

[2ball_]

If you want some snow, just come and get it!

 

hey.. I'll mail it if he asks..

[Getingar]

Finaly in a long time, the snow is melting here in the South.

 

Here are two words that you can use, DyrtDyr, if you visit the north:

 

sneblag - Wet snow

snefog - Snow storm

[ole_marius]

Hey guys, just to let you know you've got a native English speaker...

 

Cool, so where are you from then?

[henbruas]

sneblag - Wet snow

snefog - Snow storm

 

Are there people actually using those words in Norway? I have never heard them.

[kris98]

sneblag - Wet snow

snefog - Snow storm

 

Are there people actually using those words in Norway? I have never heard them.

New to me as well. I'm guessing he's referring to northern Sweden perhaps(?)

[Getingar]

No, they are used in southern sweden and in norway

[Getingar]

Hey guys, just to let you know you've got a native English speaker...

 

Cool, so where are you from then?

He's from Australia, as he said in his post.

[ole_marius]

Stupid me, That's why you should not post anything when you're sleepy as hell:blush:

Endret 27. februar 2010 av ole_marius

[Bear^]

Hey guys, just to let you know you've got a native English speaker here hanging out, so feel free to ask me anything. I've been lurking around here for the past couple of days, it's been a great way to pick up Norwegian expressions and words (I'm currently learning it) and I've decided that I'm gonna have to jump in on the action.

 

Oh and btw, I'm from Australia. Stop complaining about the snowfall! I'm craving some intense Norwegian snow atm haha as every day here has been like 40 degrees!!

 

Oh and guys, don't speak so fast It makes the news kinda difficult to follow

 

Want snow? You should have been here in Lofoten, at least here inland it's quite heavy on the snow side. The snowplow have problems now throwing the snow over the heaps on the side of the road. It's quite near like driving through a narrow lane. Good thing however is that if you should drive of the road all you do is bury yourself under a fluffy heap of snow.

 

What I miss however is a good old south west gale of wind to send the snow drifting. Nothing beats driving in 0 visibility at near disorientation because of the monotone colour outside your car. Just have to follow the stick at the side of the road. And not try to drive slalom between them and everything should be fine. And when the gale hits all you can do is stop and wait until the visibility is good enough to drive again. Had to jam the car in the 2nd gear once and floor it with a good hope that I could get through the heap of snow blocking the way.

[henbruas]

I got a question about pronunciation, I hope any of you are able to answer it: I heard a Brit (at least I think he was a Brit) use the word "again" the other day, and he actually pronounced the "i". Is that a common thing in Britain? And would it sound too silly if I started using it, seeing as my accent is quite Norwegian?

[Gjest Slettet+6132]

How is it that I've never seen this thread?

 

I got a question about pronunciation, I hope any of you are able to answer it: I heard a Brit (at least I think he was a Brit) use the word "again" the other day, and he actually pronounced the "i". Is that a common thing in Britain? And would it sound too silly if I started using it, seeing as my accent is quite Norwegian?

 

Well, according to the Wiktionary it's pronounced /əˈɡeɪn/, but if you listen to the audio clip it's pronounced "without" the i. I think again is a more "posh" way to pronounce it

Endret 27. februar 2010 av Slettet+6132

[2ball_]

And would it sound too silly if I started using it, seeing as my accent is quite Norwegian?

 

Yeah.. It would

[Getingar]

No it wouldn't. Just becuase your norweigen doesen't meanas you should not pronounce correctly.

[DyrtDyr]

I got a question about pronunciation, I hope any of you are able to answer it: I heard a Brit (at least I think he was a Brit) use the word "again" the other day, and he actually pronounced the "i". Is that a common thing in Britain? And would it sound too silly if I started using it, seeing as my accent is quite Norwegian?

 

Where I'm from, we pronounce "again" without the i. Pronouncing it with a distinct i sound seems very British, and I don't think I've ever heard people from this country really do it To me it feels like a 'refined' and perhaps 'upper class' British way to speak.

Infact for us, the vowel between the g and n is usually really short, I think the most proper way to describe it in terms of Norwegian (and I'm going off standard NRK Bokmål here) would the vowel sound from 'rEIse', just shortened and a little more relaxed, as in your mouth is a little less open or something ... pretty hard to describe stuff like this .

 

And in terms of accent I think fjarilsfrand's right. Imagine how shit a Southern American guy would sound speaking Norwegian with no attempt at trying to actually sound Norwegian ... pronouncing the H in Hva, using English sounding J's instead of the Norwegian ones ... imagine how shit the word Hjelp would sound Same sorta thing.

 

And as for snow, send me some over please, preferably with some of the finest Norwegian beer . In fact, what's the best? I'm gonna try and get some imported over here IF someone promises to import some Aussie brew. Anyone up for it?

[Aleks]

Well well well, what do we have here.