A quick lesson in Norwegian.

"Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh)
05/13/2015 at 10:10 • Filed to: None

Why use a bunch of words when a few is enough ;)

Yeah, I’m bored.

DISCUSSION (47)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/13/2015 at 10:14

Do Norwegian mimes use only 1/6 the wild gestures?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/13/2015 at 10:18

Mimes are shoot on sight in Norway.. But I guess so :P

ttyymmnn > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/13/2015 at 10:20

That would be British English. American English would be, in order,

Huh?

My bad.

‘Sup?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > ttyymmnn
05/13/2015 at 10:21

Americans are Norwegians.. confirmed. :P

But yeah, you’re right.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/13/2015 at 10:27

Do the Finns use even fewer words, and how mumbled are they compared to the Norwegian equivalents?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
05/13/2015 at 10:30

Finns use the same amount of words WHEN they use words.. Finns often just look at you :P

Jcarr > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/13/2015 at 10:30

[Ole and Lena joke]

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > ttyymmnn
05/13/2015 at 10:34

And Southeastern U.S. English.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Jcarr
05/13/2015 at 10:36

Let’s just for a second pretend that I’m not well versed in american culture... What the everloving crap is an Ole and Lena Joke?

I’m guessing it’s got something to do with Americans with Scandinavian heritage though.. but I’ve never heard about it.

Tapas > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/13/2015 at 10:40

To be honest, the English expressions are just expanded to made the language difference seem immense.

For example “Excuse me, I didn’t quite catch what you were saying. Will you please repeat” is more commonly spoken as “Sorry?”, “What?” or “Pardon me?”.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Tapas
05/13/2015 at 10:42

I know. It’s just a joke :)

Cé hé sin > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
05/13/2015 at 10:43

Finns use few words, but they’re complicated ones.

Jcarr > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/13/2015 at 10:43

My grandfather always told them (his parents emigrated from Norway in the 1900s). Not sure if they’re Norwegian-American in origin or what.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Jcarr
05/13/2015 at 10:46

I just did some google-fu on it. And I LOVE them..

Tapas > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/13/2015 at 10:49

I realize that, kind Sir. But my Norwegian wife here doesn’t find it amusing.

Darling, what were you saying about that joke?

Wife: hæ?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Tapas
05/13/2015 at 10:51

Hehe.. Just tell her the one with the dane, the swede and the norwegian farting in a barn.

Tapas > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/13/2015 at 10:53

Lol I don’t know that one. Tell me while I fetch her from the barn...

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Tapas
05/13/2015 at 11:02

Well.. you see, once upon a time there was a Dane, a Swede and a Norwegian sitting outside a barn, and they somehow got into a conversation about how smelly their farts were. The Dane claimed his farts smelled the worst.. The Swede claimed his farts was the worst.. and of course the Norwegian would have none of that so he claimed his was the worst...

Now, in this barn there were some pigs, so it was a smelly environment anyway... So they decided they should see how long each and every one of them could stay on the barn AFTER said farts... So the Dane farted first.. and the other two ran out of the barn.. Then the Swede farted, the other two ran out of the barn and puked... Then the Norwegian farted, and the pigs ran out of the barn.

Tapas > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/13/2015 at 11:25

Lol

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Tapas
05/13/2015 at 11:28

I’ll admit it’s a shitty joke :P But it’s a very Scandinavian one... Tons of words leading up to a rather crappy ending :P

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
05/13/2015 at 11:47

Kinja'd!!!

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/13/2015 at 11:48

That reminds me of a joke.

Q: How do you tell if a Finn is an extrovert?

A: He will stare at your shoes when he talks to you.

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/13/2015 at 11:51

They’re Norwegian stereotype characters that Garrison Keller has popularized in jokes on the NPR radio show “A Prairie Home Companion.” Although the characters and some jokes go back to the ‘80s and ‘90s where they were first created by Red Stangland.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
05/13/2015 at 11:53

Hehe, yeah.. that’s pretty much spot on :P

Not really though, I know a few Finns, and they give hugs like it’s nobodys business.. Then again, the Finns I know might be insane ;P

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
05/13/2015 at 11:55

Say what and who? Can I find this stuff online somewhere?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/13/2015 at 11:55

On the topic of Scandinavian things and taking too long to tell a joke:

The end is a pun based on what’s linked here .