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The Danish language, even the Danes don't understand it [video]

• vondur 1y ago
  The video is pretty funny. I'm kinda sad that they turned comments off, as I'd like to hear from actual Danish people in the comments about it.
  • IcePic 1y ago
    but you wouldn't understand it..
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• apelapan 1y ago
  It is a good watch, but not exactly what usually goes under the headline of "documentary". Word of advise: many Danes are not amused at all when you use the word kamelåså. I dont't know if it is because it hits too close to home, or if the joke is wearing thin from too much repetition. :-)
  • slau 1y ago
    And yet, no Dane will be able to help himself asking foreign speaker to try and pronounce rødgrød med fløde and erupt in laughter upon the attempt.
• slau 1y ago
  For context, this is made by the Norwegian broadcaster. They’re not speaking anything close to Danish—it’s just a skit on Danish pronunciation. While written Danish is relatively close to both Swedish and Norwegian, the pronunciation is significantly removed. This is most likely due to the printing press arriving too early and locking down the orthography rules while the spoken language was still evolving massively (similar to the GVS in English). It takes a significant effort for foreigners to understand the relationship between written and spoken Danish.
• type0 1y ago
  It is true in some sense https://jyllands-posten.dk/uknews/ECE3948498/Language-tough-for-Danish-children-too/ https://jyllands-posten.dk/uknews/ECE3948498/Language-tough-...
• yo_yo_yo-yo 1y ago
  NRK was clearly inspired by the Two Ronnies [1]. Those two also made this sublime skit [2]. [1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_6SaqVQSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_6SaqVQSw [2] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y0C59pI_ypQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y0C59pI_ypQ