Griffus

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[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

As a Norwegian, I am fully aware that my ancestors helped created the English language by first invading the welsh isles, and then, three generations after invading the Francs, we invaded the isles again with romance speaking nobility for generations.

English is a Nordic made Francish/Welsh/Germanic creole that was made popular by the still Norwegian blooded crown.

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 day ago

I used to pronounce it "sk", but in my new job, working with schedules with a Londoner, it is now "sh" for me. Undoing the US-ification of my English one word at a time.

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Of course, wouldn't want consistency or anything trivial like that.

 

English makes so much sense.

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Ali or Evergood. Nothing breathtaking, but good enough for everyday use and reasonably priced.

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Lurer på hva de ville oversatt damsugare til?

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If we hadn't already nuked ourselves by slaughtering the bees, and the bees suddenly took 80 % of our living space from us to expand their own, we'd be nuking them.

The fascinating part is, why aren't the smart, massive matriarchs ordering all humans stomped on sight?

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

There was a story about moose some weeks ago, but it's been a while now, sadly.

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I remember in primary school that we were tasked with learning the names and capitals of all countries on the planet, continent for continent, so there is an early taught awareness of all countries, as well as a culture for backpacking, experiencing and adapting to other cultures. As a Norwegian, most news here are about here, and only major headlines from other countries are mentioned in the news, like the upcoming doctors strike in UK in the news today or the power outage in Spain a while back. Some more news from Sweden though, as it is our closest neighbour and the country we visit the most.

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

"The European Citizen's Initiative"

open link

cries in Norwegian

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 weeks ago

The Swedish Vikings created the settlement that is now Kyiv, and later spread to settle parts of what is now both Ukrainian and Russian.

With your not naive world view, Putin should give his land to Sweden, right? It is what history tells him to do.

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago

Seems to be modeled on the Scandinavian countries BankID that is a well working solution.

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

DDG or Qwant is so much better

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