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Apples and blackberries Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Sep 28, 2013
What comes to mind when you hear the word ”Denmark”? Do you think of romantic fairy-tales like H.C. Andersen’s Den grimme ælling (The Ugly Duckling), or does your internal cinema start replaying episodes from tv serials like Borgen and Forbrydelsen (The Killing), showing the jetset way of life in central København? The Danish tourist industry likes to stress…
Are Danes afraid of foreigners? Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Aug 25, 2013
This week I’m going to tackle a less charming side of Denmark. After all, as a Danish saying goes, livet er ikke lutter lagkage [LEEWeth air eck LOOTor LOWka-yeh] – life isn’t only a layered cake. After den 11. september, a lot of Danish people, especially in the countryside, became increasingly afraid of foreigners, especially muslimer (Moslems)…
Danish Oops! moments Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Jul 31, 2013
This month, several of my fellow bloggers here at Transparent Language have been writing about funny mistakes they’ve made while trying to communicate in a foreign language. As a native speaker of Danish, I’m afraid the bits I could share with you wouldn’t be very “juicy” – the few mistakes I can recall are all…
Tears of Gold Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on May 25, 2013
Yes! For a week now, Danish fans of melodi grand prix [meloDEE gramPREE] have been in ecstasy. Lørdag den 18. maj in Malmö, Sweden, Emmelie de Forest won the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, as it is better known internationally. The girl from Randers in Jylland won the hjerter [YERter] (hearts) of fjernsynsseere (tv-watchers) all across…
Planet Denmark Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Apr 11, 2013
Did you know there is a Dane in Tom Cruise’s new sci-fi movie, Oblivion? Danish media seem to be busy making sure that noone forgets that skuespiller (actor) Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is, well, a dansker (Dane)… The avis (”a-VEEce”, newspaper) Information [infore-mah-SHON] recently hit the nail on the head when they skrev (wrote) that … Danes…
7 Ways To Survive The Danish Winter Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Mar 24, 2013
Sne, sne, sne. Like most of Northern Europe, Denmark has been covered by snow the last many weeks. Everybody is waiting for forår (Spring), yet it seems like the vinter never ends this year… Here are a few things you can do to survive winter in Denmark: vinterbade (”winter-bathe”). Go and join ’em ”crazy” vinterbadere…
Who’s Got The World’s Biggest Mouth? Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Mar 14, 2013
Hvem har verdens største mund? On a global scale, that might be Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones. In Denmark, however, the guy most people would associate with an exceptionally large mund [mawn] is … Kim Larsen. Kim Larsen [kim LAH-s’n] is one of the biggest stars in the field of Danish-language pop and rock…