Norwegian Language

[Rob Klein]

I apologise to any Norwegians who were offended by my attempt to make an 
analogy to the use of American simple speech and national slang.  I did not 
intend to imply that the regional dialects in Norway were "simple or uneducated 
speech".  I only implied that IF "worldly" and "educated" folk in Oslo WERE TO 
be prejudiced in considering language spoken by isolated, rural folk in remote 
areas "simple", that that would be analogous to the situation in USA before 
1950 (or so).  I knew that there are no uneducated folk to have simple speech 
in the regional dialects; and I also knew that there is no national Norwegion 
slang.  That is also why I didn't mention Norway when I used the analogy of "a 
lazy or more free Hochdeutsch. I was only trying to make the US situation 
understandable.  I guess I should have used Verwegistan (Farwaystan) for my 
analogy. 

I would NEVER say anything deliberately to hurt or put someone down.
Hej, hej, og hilsen,

Rob Klein



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