Danes, Swedes and Norwegians: which language do you use when visiting each others' nations?

**~~Dard~~** · 10-11-2020, 10:48 PM

Not language more like which dialectic.

**Tooting Carmen** · 10-11-2020, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by Dard

Not language more like which dialectic.

What do you mean?

**oh-nahhh** · 10-11-2020, 10:56 PM

I usually start by speaking Swedish and if they don't understand I/we switch to English. I can understand Danish or Norwegian quite well, but I would never attempt to speak Danish or Norwegian (unless I'm making fun of it).

**~~Dard~~** · 10-11-2020, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen

What do you mean?

Danish is soft
Swedish is more pronounced
Norwegian is a mix of both.

**placebo** · 10-11-2020, 11:02 PM

I was really curious about that. Probably like Turkish and Azerbaijani but easier to understand.

**Tooting Carmen** · 11-10-2022, 07:54 PM

bump

**Tooting Carmen** · 07-05-2023, 02:38 PM

bump

**renaissance12** · 07-05-2023, 02:55 PM

Is it true that scandinavian countries are planning to replace their official language with english ?

**Tooting Carmen** · 07-05-2023, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by renaissance12

Is it true that scandinavian countries are planning to replace their official language with english ?

Not heard that, though regrettably I wouldn't be entirely surprised. In fact, I know in the Netherlands there are real concerns of English basically wiping out Dutch in higher education in particular.