{"id":1629,"date":"2013-09-27T17:03:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T17:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2013-09-27T17:04:21","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T17:04:21","slug":"the-new-gangnam-style-is-norwegian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/the-new-gangnam-style-is-norwegian\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Gangnam style is Norwegian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"By EspenM (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0) or GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons\" href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3AYlvis.jpg\" aria-label=\"Ylvis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Ylvis\"  width=\"256\" height=\"171\" \/ src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/71\/Ylvis.jpg\"><\/a>I first heard about <strong>Ylvis-br\u00f8drene<\/strong> (the Ylvis brothers) during my study years in Bergen. Vegard (born 1979) and B\u00e5rd Ylvis\u00e5ker (1982) had some shows, both onstage and on television. The local media were praising the very young, very talented comedians. I thought it was funny that their name sounded like a Norwegian \u201dElvis\u201d \u2013 with the very clear and pouty Norwegian Y sound.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago, the news finally hit me: Ylvis is back, and this time they\u2019re going for world domination! Posted on YouTube September 3rd, the music video for their song \u201dThe fox\u201d has already been viewed by nearly sixty million people. Let\u2019s help them beat Gagnam style (last year\u2019s viral craze by the Korean artist Psy):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ylvis - The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) [Official music video HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jofNR_WkoCE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the text is in English, so there isn\u2019t much for Norwegian-learners here. (But you do get a chance to see how nice the sky can be when Norwegians stage a summer party, as well as a glimpse into a nice and wild Norwegian wood!)<\/p>\n<p>We can only imagine what a Norwegian version would have sounded like. Ylvis\u2019 question would have been: <strong>Hva sier reven?<\/strong> [va SEAer REVen] (\u201dWhat say the fox?\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Norge<\/strong>, <strong>hunder<\/strong> (dogs) say <strong>voff<\/strong>, <strong>katter<\/strong> (cats) say <strong>mjau<\/strong>, <strong>fugler<\/strong> [FOOLer] (birds) <strong>kvitrer<\/strong> (tweet [verb]) or say <strong>kvitre-kvitre<\/strong>, <strong>mus<\/strong> (mice) <strong>piper<\/strong> [verb] or say <strong>pip<\/strong>\u00a0[peep], <strong>kuer<\/strong> (cows) say <strong>m\u00f8<\/strong>, <strong>frosker<\/strong> (frogs) say <strong>kvekk<\/strong>, <strong>ender<\/strong> (ducks) say <strong>kvakk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t recall ever having heard <strong>fisker<\/strong> (fishes) or <strong>seler<\/strong> (seals) saying anything \u2013 at least I don\u2019t know what they say in Norwegian. <strong>Elefanter<\/strong> (elephants) certainly make a lot of noise, but as there are only a handful of them in Norwegian zoos and circuses, the language doesn\u2019t seem to have a word for their trumpeting. So, Ylvis, in case you\u2019re reading this, you\u2019ve got some more videos to make! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>What do YOU say after having watched this video? Is it just plain <strong>spr\u00f8<\/strong> (crazy), or are the Ylvis brothers really onto something?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first heard about Ylvis-br\u00f8drene (the Ylvis brothers) during my study years in Bergen. Vegard (born 1979) and B\u00e5rd Ylvis\u00e5ker (1982) had some shows, both onstage and on television. The local media were praising the very young, very talented comedians. 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