D99 wrote:You know that is the problem with the Scandanavian languages compared to English, German, Dutch, and Flemish. With German, Dutch and Flemish you kind of have an idea or can usually figure it out if you have studied it a bit. Lena might as well have been the Swedish chef on that one.
The english langage was developed when Norman soldiers were trying to communicate with Saxon barmaids in order for them to get up their skirts. That is why German and english sentence structure is so simular. Scandanavian langages are easy once you get used to the adverbs and pronouns being in differnt places then you are used too. Scandanavian langages you should not fight, just go with the flow.
On another note Normans were origanily Vikings that kept attacking France, the French using typical French problem solving techneques, made a deal with them and gave them a large chunk of France to settle if they would not attack them. They settled and intermarried with the existing residents. That is where Normandy came from. This gave them a good spot to go out and fight many wars in England and Saxony.
The Vikings methods were simple but they have made a lasting mark on the world in langages and culture.