tawnee ([info]neutralmilkinn) wrote,
@ 2009-01-22 12:20:00
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best 50¢ i have spent in a long time
From "NORWEGIAN: SELF-TAUGHT" by Anton Bjorson (1912):

beard: skäggett
beautiful: smuk
beefsteak: bäffen
butter: smörret
elephant: elephanten
snail: sneglen
sausage: pölse
snowdrops: sneklokker
bacon: mellemfläsk
plum-tree: blommeträ
potatoes: kartofler
umbrella: paraply
jew: jöden
ugly: styg

i am not a frenchman: jeg er ikke en franskmand
how old is your aunt?: hvor gammel deres tante?
these eggs are hard: aggene er haarde
there is a rainbow: der er en regnbue
i like my collars stiff: jeg holder af flipperne stive
it is moonlight: det er maaneskin

i am learning to speak in mugato's native tongue!


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[info]djupvatnfisk
2009-01-22 11:06 pm UTC (link)
haha, this is amazing! jeg er ikke en franskmand, hahaha. so odd.

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[info]neutralmilkinn
2009-01-22 11:35 pm UTC (link)
oh i just saw you're from norway! yay cool!

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[info]djupvatnfisk
2009-01-22 11:43 pm UTC (link)
yes, this is so old norwegian it's more similar to danish today. it's only four of those listed words that is spelled how i'd spell them, haha! and those sentences are so strange! that book seems amazing.

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[info]neutralmilkinn
2009-01-22 11:48 pm UTC (link)
yeah, the book is nearly 100 years old now, so weird!

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[info]supermooncake
2009-01-23 05:27 am UTC (link)
yes! so much great music comes from Norway. And Norse mythology is so cool. Norway has a great culture .. i wanna go! :(

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