English is doable IMO, there are so many accents already that you should be able to find one that suits you (except you must be able to say “r”) if you just have to get rid of your accent.
It’s Norwegian that’s the funny language, in pronunciation anyways! Hoppi toppi tuudi! Can’t imagine an angry Norwegian… Never thought about the butter goose though, norway says “sandwich”?! Like sand and a sorceress? Hmm not much better.
Danish is excluded from all kind of competition because it’s a language from hell, I’m totally with you there.
you three… tisk tisk* don’t you see? this tribalism of differences is the real reason why the Catholics were able to divide and defeat the vikings. this is why we all need to just come together with English. and besides to my American ears you all sound just terrible
I think swedish is very easy if you just listen to it. You can pick accents there as well, just avoid the unhinged stuff like visby and youll have a pretty easy time. Everyone brings up the swedish prosody and pitch accent but its just a melody you memorize/practice for each word. The two hardest things for me were/are y and the “sj”(ɧ) thingy.
I guess you could learn which word has which pitch accent, but can you hear it?
Danes for example are deaf to it and can’t hear the difference between tomten and tomten. It’s the same word to them.
Hmm interesting. For me its one of my favourite parts of swedish. I dont know which dialect does what but maybe skånska has less pitch and thats why the danes cant hear it as well. But once again, just listening to the language as much as possible is the best way to get a feeling for pronounciation. Also danish is just unhinged anyways i dont care what they say about swedish, they should fix their language 💀
English is doable IMO, there are so many accents already that you should be able to find one that suits you (except you must be able to say “r”) if you just have to get rid of your accent.
Now try swedish. Just impossible.
Swedish is just speaking Norwegian using baby words in the tone of an upset child. Who calls their sandwiches butter goose, honestly.
Try Danish when sober. That’s nigh impossible.
It’s Norwegian that’s the funny language, in pronunciation anyways! Hoppi toppi tuudi! Can’t imagine an angry Norwegian… Never thought about the butter goose though, norway says “sandwich”?! Like sand and a sorceress? Hmm not much better.
Danish is excluded from all kind of competition because it’s a language from hell, I’m totally with you there.
The upset child sound comes through in writing too 🤣
you three… tisk tisk* don’t you see? this tribalism of differences is the real reason why the Catholics were able to divide and defeat the vikings. this is why we all need to just come together with English. and besides to my American ears you all sound just terrible
spoiler
(just kidding love you all)
Getting together to beat the Danish, right?
Not even Danes can do it!
There’s even a documentary about that
https://youtu.be/s-mOy8VUEBk
I never get tired of this sketch.
Found the Norwegian
There’s actually an interesting history about smörgås.
I think the funniest real Norwegian word would be rumpetroll, ass troll. Or pattedyr, tit animal. Or maybe even verdensrommet, the world’s room…
I think swedish is very easy if you just listen to it. You can pick accents there as well, just avoid the unhinged stuff like visby and youll have a pretty easy time. Everyone brings up the swedish prosody and pitch accent but its just a melody you memorize/practice for each word. The two hardest things for me were/are y and the “sj”(ɧ) thingy.
I guess you could learn which word has which pitch accent, but can you hear it? Danes for example are deaf to it and can’t hear the difference between tomten and tomten. It’s the same word to them.
Hmm interesting. For me its one of my favourite parts of swedish. I dont know which dialect does what but maybe skånska has less pitch and thats why the danes cant hear it as well. But once again, just listening to the language as much as possible is the best way to get a feeling for pronounciation. Also danish is just unhinged anyways i dont care what they say about swedish, they should fix their language 💀