But in case you meant that Norwegians ONLY speak English, that's not the case. They actually speak TWO kinds of Norwegian. Bokmål, which is a pretty good attempt at Danish and Nynorsk, which is a pretty good imitation of insanity.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

In fact, the vast majority of us are fluen.

The rest are fluen't.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

if you consider Scandinavia as refering to the Nordics then Estonian has quite a bit of English speakers

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I consider Scandinavia as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, since that's what Scandinavia is. I'm not speaking of only Scandinavia to exclude the other Nordic countries, though, just because I know a lot less about the other Nordic countries vis a vis their language abilities 🤷

Except for the fun fact that Estonia is the only country outside of the Kingdom of Denmark that teaches Danish as a mandatory subject in school 😁

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

how sure are you about that last part

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure. Supposedly it started because of an old legend about the origins of Dannebrog and became tradition. Why, have you found another one? 😛

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

that was the first reply I've read in 2024

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago

Woah time traveller from the future!

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Happy New Year!