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VVV · 29th April 2005, 02:59 PM

Hi again,

Of course you could describe Central and North Europe as once a Germanic tribe and having different Germanic languages (except Finland, Hungary and the Baltic states). And we could discuss in depth if Danes are closer to Germans in a cultural way than f.i. Norwegians and Swedes etc.
Maybe we should drop this discussion and focus on the knife instead?

I only wanted to clarify the overall differences between Scandinavian and Nordic countries/languages/people.

Kind regards,

Michael

PS Don't forget that there is also a lot of old Viking terms in English - like sword and knife ;-)

29th April 2005, 02:59 PM	#8
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Hi again, Of course you could describe Central and North Europe as once a Germanic tribe and having different Germanic languages (except Finland, Hungary and the Baltic states). And we could discuss in depth if Danes are closer to Germans in a cultural way than f.i. Norwegians and Swedes etc. Maybe we should drop this discussion and focus on the knife instead? I only wanted to clarify the overall differences between Scandinavian and Nordic countries/languages/people. Kind regards, Michael PS Don't forget that there is also a lot of old Viking terms in English - like sword and knife ;-)