Swedes and Norwegians (and Icelanders) almost sound like they’re singing when they speak, while Danish is remarkable in that it has no accent at all. It’s very flat, not unlike German. Yet Danes are still somewhat understandable to Swedes and Norwegians, because Swedish, Norwegian and Danish are more or less the same language, so to them it sound like “Danes are speaking with a potato in their mouth”
But now the secret is out. We don't actually talk like that when we're alone. We only do it to annoy Swedes and Norwegians.
And yay! Norwegians making fun of the Danish language http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk
And a Dane making fun of the Norwegian language http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJtRcoTF0S4 (Danish without subtitles. Sorry)
This is reminds me of swedish cop in broklyn nine-nine in my opinion when dannish speak english, they're accent more better than any others eropean accent..
@Zuperkrunch No, but I know him in real life. In fact, he is the reason why I got onto this site in the first place, despite his closed-mindedness. I've never heard him admit it when he is wrong.
@Finn123 and then u got banned.. Hahahaha.. U think that u're the smartest but the truth u're just a dumb racist guy.. Oh, meelis13...please unbanned me!! And lots of your racist gangs are banned now.. So pathetic..
@MormonD no.. I never read comments from Karl-Marx1 and 2, just questioning why Ziebenhaub_the_Texan got banned.. I think his comments just ordinary, and eric said that he new username is mormond, that's why i asked u.. Thanx anyway..
@Zuperkrunch I don't know either, but knowing him, he probably really pissed off for no reason. He did that to me in band. For some reason a few piano keys weren't working, so I opened it up and his moldy orange was in between the hammer and a few strings. That fat bastard.
@MormonD well i don't know him really well, u 2 are frenemies? i think it's just wasting my time for replying someone comments who already get banned, and all his comments just fine.. #9756180
The only reason why people says danish sounds like someone having a potato in their mouth while speaking, is because foreigners can't pronounce danish words without doing so... and even then it sounds so wrong..
@littleviking In my experience from studying it, the vowels are hard but it doesn't sound too much like somebody having a potato in their mouth. It definitely sounds like a less harsh version of German.
@Leeannrez It's kindof an inside joke, one of the main reasons of Sweden and Denmarks wars was because they fought over Norway. With Noway just being between haveing nothing he could say.
Fun fact: my American girlfriend is much better at pronouncing Danish words (including my name) when she has food in her mouth than when she doesn't :-D
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