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> Sundhedsdatanettet What a tongue twister for non danish speaking people :D
by jmnicolas 2y ago
> Sundhedsdatanettet
What a tongue twister for non danish speaking people :D
- Symbiote 2y agoIn English we would put spaces between parts of a "compound" word. > Sundheds data nettet Sund-hed is "sound-ness" (or even "sound-hood"), i.e. health. > The health data network
- ithkuil 2y agoYep. not putting spaces on compound words doesn't twist the tongue but twist the eyes! Eyetwister
- kwhitefoot 2y agoIn Norway this is called engelsk orddeling and is a source of gentle amusement, or occasionally outbursts of irritation. See https://www.diskusjon.no/blogs/entry/878-orddeling-en-engelsk-epidemi/ https://www.diskusjon.no/blogs/entry/878-orddeling-en-engels...
- skrebbel 2y agoIt’s even better when you know that the proper pronunciation is essentially “soondhldlddlnl” (Source: I speak Danish as a second language. I used to think Georgian was the language with the most consecutive consonants but then I learned how little the Danes respect their vowels so now I know better)