There was also a dialect of German spoken in Texas by the descendants of German immigrants. It had some divergences from anything spoken in Europe. It’s probably extinct by now, as the speakers largely switched to English around the time the US entered WW2. A decade or two ago, a university in Germany sent some linguists to interview the remaining speakers, the youngest of whom were in their 60s.
Very interesting!
I can see that there are hints of northern Norwegian, like Æ and MÆ as personal pronouns - reminds me of my chatty aunties in Seattle, the family was originally from Svolvær in Lofoten.
There are some Norwegian speakers in the States that can speak quite pure Norwegian, but from what I've read, it seems to be a form of Norwegian that was common close to a hundred years ago.
Fun fact; there are about as many Norwegians in north America as there are Norwegians in Norway.
Whoa, super cool!!!! Snakker du norsk?
Jepp. Jeg er nordnorsk, men vokste opp i Møre og Romsdal. Hvor i statene bor du, og hvor i Norge er familien din fra?
Hmmm, jeg vet ikke siden det er for så lenge siden, men vi omfavner fortsatt språket. Jeg bor i Illinois :D
Vi lærer språket og vokste opp med noen ord som «jul» for «Christmas». Pappa også er en nerd så han liker gammelnorsk også.
Vel for å svare på spørsmålet ditt, familien min er fra Trondheim, det virker for meg
mytrueancestry.com sier også at «vi» (familien min) er fra Slottet (det kongelige slott) i Oslo.
Å, det er en ære, Deres Majestet. 😆
The first episode of Twin Peaks offers a wonderful display of American Norwegian as it sounded in the 90s - there's Norwegian investors in the episode, and they hired local actors to play the part. They indeed sound like they're straight out of the 1920s.
Fun fact; there are about as many Norwegians in north America as there are Norwegians in Norway.
Not really. But there are as many Americans who identifies as Norwegians in the US as there are actual Norwegians. They aren't Norwegians though, they are US citizens with (some) Norwegian ancestors.
I'm talking about Norwegians as an ethnic group, not citizens. There are about 4.45 million Norwegians in Norway and 5 million in North America.
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