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Lange ord Posted by on Aug 6, 2009

long words.  Norsk is notorious for long words, most of which are conglomerations of several words.  A professional linguist would probably be able to tell you why this is the case, but I can give speculation a shot-why create an entirely new word when you can use 2 or more existing words to describe something? …

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begravelser Posted by on Aug 3, 2009

funerals.  I know that this is a depressing topic, but I have spent the last week mourning the death of a very close friend and thus got to thinking it is a topic worth learning about in terms of language and traditions for people learning a new language.  Begravelser in Scandinavian history were similar to…

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