I'm an American who has been living in Norway for 10 years, and I can say that while the author is correct about many points, there are a lot of complicating fa

I'm an American who has been living in Norway for 10 years, and I can say that while the author is correct about many points, there are a lot of complicating factors he ignores. For example, Norwegian is tonal, and has a range of vowels that are quite unlike anything in English. Further, every region has its own dialect-- even native-born Norwegians have trouble understanding some of them. Finally, Norwegian has two written forms, so there are two dictionaries and two sets of grammar rules.