RE: Random Ramble on a Friday (networking on steemit)
Hi @norwegianbikeman. Stopped by since @viking-ventures mentioned you.
It's great about the job. I think if you try networking a little here on Steemit it will definitely help. There are a few gamer groups that are always looking for new games.
I understand the smoke too Colorado seems to be toasted. We've had 3 fires in our county in the past 2 months. Everyone sounds like they have their noses pinched or stuffed up:( Sadly one the largest fires. The Holy Fire in California is the area I grew up. (Both sides of the mountain) Thankfully everyone I know has been smart and evacuated early.
I can't be too fancy like @viking-ventures. My grandparents actually refused to teach me Norwegian :( It was a 'household' rule passed down from their parents when they moved to the US. The kids were not allowed to speak Norwegian until they learned English, however their kids were not to be taught. They felt it was wrong. I don't have any relatives left that knew them so I don't know why they thought it was wrong. Just most of the grand kids which were my aunts and uncles said they'd get 'throttled' if the spoke anything other than English.
My grandmother never learned Swedish either - it wasn't really allowed. (My grandmother had to have letters translated for her.) I ended up with a Swedish book in high school and started teaching myself. The bad thing is that the Swedes don't tend to pronounce all their syllables whereas Norwegian is much more straight forward - from my experience anyway.
I still have to handle some Swedish to talk to my cousins, but I understand that I write it with a "Norwegian accent."
as a Norwegian we understand Swedish very easy the writing and spoken. but the Danes...oooo boy its a different story. :)
u are form over there or your family is?
When I was trying to decide which language to concentrate the most on, I learned that Norwegian was most easily understood between the three countries - and also easier to learn. And yeah, I've heard about those Danes... (My relatives live in Blekinge, so there some Danelaw influence there anyway.)
Mormor was Swedish - though it was her parents who emigrated in the 1930s (from the Skåne/Blekinge region) and built the house I spent the best part of my growing up in. They also brought two birch trees with them, one which is still growing in Svensen, Oregon.
My mothers farfar was Danish coming from the Ringkøbing area and a little north.
My mothers farmor was the Norwegian one coming from Sogn og Fjordane - the family was with the Mel farm - strange thing because my brother's kindergarten teacher had the surname Mehl, and since learning more about our ancestry, I have to wonder if we're related...
Trivia point - if my health were a bit better - I'd qualify for all three TV shows - Alt for Norge, Allt for Sverige and Alt for Danmark!
@tryskeleyes the smoke its interesting in a horribly way. after the post it become way more. to day a felt the "smell" in the air. but it will pas. a bit strange most likely the did want u to be very good in English.
takker for komentaren og stikke inom :)
That hopefully the smoke will pass soon. I know I wish it would here. I am thinking that is the case. My grandmother mentioned at one time her father said it was because they were no longer in Norway, the needed to adapt to their new country. Her mother had it the hardest from what I remember her telling me and one of the main reasons they moved to the US is she was Swedish. I guess back then Nords and Swedes did not mix. That would be mid to late 1800s.
And you're very welcome for the comment :D Yeah I cheated