What are you listening to?

Drewnogal

Constant Gardener

General

17 Nov 12 20:10

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

14 Jul 21 22:04

-3

A Frank Zappa guitar solo called Treacherous Cretins taken from a concert at Pau in France on 16th March 1979.

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

17 Jul 21 03:53

-2

An Icelander joking about Scandanavians.

It's more interesting to me than it is funny.

Torunn, does any of this banter ring true to you?

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

17 Jul 21 05:05

-2

@fmf said
An Icelander joking about Scandanavians.

I've just spotted my own spelling mistake here!

Suzianne

Misfit Queen

Isle of Misfit Toys

Joined: 08 Aug 03
Moves: 37685

20 Jul 21 04:30

Bob Marley - Three Little Birds

Torunn

Gothenburg

Joined: 11 Mar 16
Moves: 29886

20 Jul 21 08:15

2 edits

@fmf said
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSacz4GHQjs

An Icelander joking about Scandanavians.

It's more interesting to me than it is funny.

Torunn, does any of this banter ring true to you?

Thanks. What he says about the Scandinavian languages is basically true: Danish is incomprehensible because of pronunciation, Finnish because of its grammar and vocabulary. Iceland is an island and its language doesn't change much. Norwegian and Swedish are pretty similar. I understand Norwegians talking, but hardly ever Danes.

Green Paladin

Pale Blue Dot

Joined: 22 Jul 07
Moves: 21637

26 Jul 21 18:30

Ghost of a Duke

Snake oil salesman

Joined: 14 Mar 15
Moves: 34101

27 Jul 21 16:27

-1

Going through a Sia phase.

Torunn

Gothenburg

Joined: 11 Mar 16
Moves: 29886

27 Jul 21 20:47

Keith Urban - To Love Somebody

Shallow Blue

Joined: 18 Jan 07
Moves: 12477

28 Jul 21 10:20

Early Renaissance music

Arkturos

Joined: 06 May 15
Moves: 29052

01 Aug 21 06:01

1 edit

"Don't Change" by INXS (1982)

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

01 Aug 21 06:16

-1

@torunn said
Danish is incomprehensible because of pronunciation, Finnish because of its grammar and vocabulary. Iceland is an island and its language doesn't change much. Norwegian and Swedish are pretty similar. I understand Norwegians talking, but hardly ever Danes.

A dreadful stereotype of course, but are Danes seen as relatively pompous and arrogant by other Scandinavians?

Arkturos

Joined: 06 May 15
Moves: 29052

01 Aug 21 06:21

Linkin Park, "Robot Boy"

Arkturos

Joined: 06 May 15
Moves: 29052

01 Aug 21 06:58

Rise Robots Rise: "The Bottle"

Torunn

Gothenburg

Joined: 11 Mar 16
Moves: 29886

01 Aug 21 07:21

@fmf said
A dreadful stereotype of course, but are Danes seen as relatively pompous and arrogant by other Scandinavians?

By Swedes sometimes. They are also envied here because of their casual style, Swedes tend to be more rigid, Danes seem more content.

Arkturos

Joined: 06 May 15
Moves: 29052

01 Aug 21 07:24

-1

@torunn said
By Swedes sometimes. They are also envied here because of their casual style, Swedes tend to be more rigid, Danes seem more content.

Everyone has to adjust to their own circumstances.