Linguist claims that English Is a Scandinavian language

Re:Linguist claims that English Is a Scandinavian language by jeffchuber on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @09:29PM (#4845957)

Completely agree having lived in Denmark and my mother being Danish.

Jeg vil gerne have en kop kaffe = i would like a cup of coffee

That's my go to for similarity.

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Re:Linguist claims that English Is a Scandinavian language by Gmo on Thursday November 29, 2012 @04:03AM (#4846846)

Well, your Danish looks like Dutch to me ;)

As a matter of fact, people here in NL say regularly that Danish and Dutch are 2 close languages. I'm pretty sure Dutch is not considered a Scandinavian language though.

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Re:Linguist claims that English Is a Scandinavian language by upinsmoke on Thursday November 29, 2012 @07:26AM (#4847331)

Dutch is much closer to German to us (Danes) than Danish.

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Re:Linguist claims that English Is a Scandinavian language by oellegaard on Thursday November 29, 2012 @06:25AM (#4847157)

Just for the record, the weird looking "Jeg", which is very different than e.g. "Ich" (German) or "Ik" (correct me if I'm wrong, in Dutch). Jeg is pronounced something like e-I - much closer to English "I".

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Re:Linguist claims that English Is a Scandinavian language by timc3 on Thursday November 29, 2012 @02:24AM (#4846630)

There are plenty of examples that are not similar as well. But I thank you for reminding me for hygge/fika.

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