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Post by CJS: The Last Fender Bender on Jul 25, 2007 6:35:22 GMT -5
See Ninnik, one night and your thread is already three pages long. So, what's the hottest it's ever been in your region of Norway?
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Post by Ninnik Nishukan on Jul 25, 2007 7:06:11 GMT -5
See Ninnik, one night and your thread is already three pages long. So, what's the hottest it's ever been in your region of Norway? That's just because Dr. D lured me into a long, pointless discussion of whether I wanted to become his slave or not. Well, I don't know how hot it's been like, EVER, but I remember once that it was 35-37 degrees Celsius. Whoosh. *fans face with hand* Summers in Bergen can get pretty darn balmy sometimes. Only sometimes, though. Mostly we just dance around on clogs on polar bears' backs on glaciers....wearing fur coats.
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Post by DP on Jul 25, 2007 15:03:36 GMT -5
Is Norwegian your first language? If so, when did you learn English?
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Post by Ninnik Nishukan on Jul 25, 2007 15:11:44 GMT -5
Well, if I'm Norwegian, the chances are that my first language would be Norwegian, huh? I do live in Norway. In Norway, everybody starts learning English from age eight in school. It's mandatory. Also, we don't dub stuff here (except some cartoons for kids, unfortunately-- Drakken sounds horrible in Norwegian, BTW ), so we're pretty much exposed to English twenty-four-seven. Practically everybody speaks English in Norway. Or in Scandinavia in general, I'd say.
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Post by DP on Jul 25, 2007 15:36:47 GMT -5
Wow, that's interesting! It's so cool learning about other cultures. Are there any holidays that are only celebrated in Norway?
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Post by Ninnik Nishukan on Jul 25, 2007 16:14:18 GMT -5
Um, well...the National Day, I guess. It's May 17th. We celebrate Christmas, Easter (some of us, anyway-- I'm not Christian (or religious at all), so I celebrate Christmas as Jul (though everybody calls Xmas that in Norway, anyway), the tradition we had before Christianity was introduced to our country in a bloody battle in 1030). Jul: In my country, ‘Christmas‘ (except that it wasn’t and isn’t called Christmas, which means the birth of Christ; it’s called ‘jul’, as in ‘Yule’; winter solstice) was celebrated a long, long time before Christianity was ever introduced to the country; this also goes for the other Scandinavian countries. A lot of the important symbols of Christmas, like holly, Christmas ham, mistletoe, boughs, Yule logs etc. was adopted into the holiday from Yule traditions. Gathering people, lighting fires and candles and eating better food than usual during the dark, cold season while waiting for the sun to come back is an ancient tradition in a lot of countries. Yule used to be based on Pagan religion, that’s true, but now it doesn’t really have that meaning anymore, and for some people it doesn’t have the meaning of Christianity, either. I love Halloween and celebrate it with vigour. It's only recently ( the last twenty or fifteen years or so, I guess) that Norwegians adopted the American way of celebrating Halloween. Originally, we called it 'Allehelgensnatt' and it was not celebrated with costumes and candy etc, but now most people just call it Halloween here, too. As for Valentine's Day, it's only been recently imported in Norway, and I don't celebrate it even though I have a boyfriend.
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Post by CJS: The Last Fender Bender on Jul 25, 2007 17:13:12 GMT -5
Well, if I'm Norwegian, the chances are that my first language would be Norwegian, huh? I do live in Norway. In Norway, everybody starts learning English from age eight in school. It's mandatory. Also, we don't dub stuff here (except some cartoons for kids, unfortunately-- Drakken sounds horrible in Norwegian, BTW ), so we're pretty much exposed to English twenty-four-seven. Practically everybody speaks English in Norway. Or in Scandinavia in general, I'd say. Does it amaze you that such an overly complex language became the world standard?
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Post by Ninnik Nishukan on Jul 25, 2007 17:22:02 GMT -5
No. It's all about where the power lies, and which language those people speak.
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Post by CJS: The Last Fender Bender on Jul 25, 2007 17:27:10 GMT -5
Are there any times during the year when it is dark all day?
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Post by Ninnik Nishukan on Jul 25, 2007 17:35:03 GMT -5
Yep. Very early in the year, in January and February (and in December), I think, it's dark for a lot of the day. It's still dark when you go to work/school at eight/nine am, it gets light out at about ten or eleven, and it's getting dark again when you go home at three or four or something. It's kind of depressing. In the summer, though, the sun gets up ridiculously early (maybe around 4 am), sets extremely late (eleven, maybe), and it basically doesn't get properly dark at all except for maybe an hour or two during the night. It's light all the time. Norway's funny like that. ;D So...who's got some nice, boring standard questions for me? I feel like I'm holding a lecture on Norway now or something. Favourite pizza topping: As many vegetables I can possibly cram onto the pizza. And just a little beef.
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Post by DP on Jul 25, 2007 17:43:23 GMT -5
Lol, a Norway lecture. ;D
Um, let's see. Standard questions. I think I gave you all of my standard questions, except...
1.) Have you ever seen a UFO? 2.) Do you like to swim? 3.) What food can't you stand?
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Post by Ninnik Nishukan on Jul 25, 2007 18:01:31 GMT -5
Lol, a Norway lecture. ;D Um, let's see. Standard questions. I think I gave you all of my standard questions, except... 1.) Have you ever seen a UFO? 2.) Do you like to swim? 3.) What food can't you stand? 1.) Nope. 2.) Yes. I can't swim in pools, though, because apparently I'm allergic to chlorine. 3.) Sauerkraut. I've tried, but I just don't like it. And I hate it when people put excess amounts of mayonnaise, cream or other nauseating, fatty stuff in food, especially when someone smothers an otherwise fine sandwich or dessert in mayonnaise or whipped cream. I also complain if there's a huge lack of any vegetables in my meals. Other than that, I'm not a very fussy eater at all.
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Post by DP on Jul 25, 2007 18:41:03 GMT -5
Inspired by CJS.....
What's the coolest dream you can remember? What's the funniest dream you can remember? What's the scariest dream you can remember? (If it's scary in a serious way, you don't have to talk about it)
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Post by Ninnik Nishukan on Jul 25, 2007 18:53:12 GMT -5
Uh...I can't remember?
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Post by DP on Jul 25, 2007 18:55:18 GMT -5
Darn it....nobody remembers dreams around here. Ooh, here's one: do you have a VCR? I will seriously give you a lifetime supply of cookies if you say yes.
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Post by Dr. Drakken on Jul 25, 2007 19:14:28 GMT -5
You like whiskey?
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Post by Ninnik Nishukan on Jul 25, 2007 19:15:54 GMT -5
Fo' shizzle, I'm kickin' it old school, yo! No, seriously...yes, I do have a VCR. How else would I be able to watch all the cartoons and movies I taped in the nineties? ;D LOL, I was gonna try to do to your name what Dr. D did to Shego's in StD (Shego --> She-Gizzle), but it would have been 'Dee-Pizzle', which just sounds...wrong, for obvious reasons. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Ninnik Nishukan on Jul 25, 2007 19:16:57 GMT -5
What, have you stalked me to that other thread? Yes, I like whiskey. On the rocks.
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Post by DP on Jul 25, 2007 19:19:33 GMT -5
Fo' shizzle, I'm kickin' it old school, yo! No, seriously...yes, I do have a VCR. How else would I be able to watch all the cartoons and movies I taped in the nineties? ;D LOL, I was gonna try to do to your name what Dr. D did to Shego's in StD (Shego --> She-Gizzle), but it would have been 'Dee-Pizzle', which just sounds...wrong, for obvious reasons. ;D ;D ;D Lol! Well, here's your cookies. *hands her cookies* Almost everyone here is all "VRCs are obsolete, I have Tivo" or whatever new-fangled thing it is. Yay for old school!
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Post by CJS: The Last Fender Bender on Jul 25, 2007 19:43:46 GMT -5
Do you know any drinks that use Mountain Dew as a mixing ingredient?
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