Small Differences

Episode 17: Norwegian Language Vehicle


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Knut and Chris discuss the little-known Norwegian animated movie/musical Frost. Chris cannot grasp the idea of people actually speaking Nynorsk, a written language; Knut has an identity crisis. (Bonus cover art: Knut singing while wearing a traditional sweater by Norwegian knitwear company Devold.)

Links:

  • Frost (2013) - IMDb
  • Frost - Blir du med å lage snømann (Frozen - Do you want to build a snowman) - YouTube
  • "Let It Go" (La Den Gå) from Frozen Lisa Stokke Norwegian Language Version - YouTube
  • a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) - YouTube — Nearly 400 million views. Given that there are only about 50 Norwegians, they must have all been listening to it basically continuously since.
  • Why Disney Movies Don't Have Mothers - Business Insider
  • Marina Warner - writer and mythographer
  • Arendal - Google Maps — https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arendal,+Norge/@58.4687062,8.6918175,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x464794e0c98dfb55:0x7d1f8863e1a4e1dd!8m2!3d58.4617568!4d8.7724499?hl=nb
  • Grandiosa pizza - Wikipedia
  • Bell pepper - Wikipedia
  • Availability heuristic - Wikipedia
  • Heroes (TV Series 2006–2010) - IMDb
  • Legion (TV Series 2017– ) - IMDb
  • Kung Fu Panda (2008) - IMDb
  • Brave (2012) - IMDb
  • Dialect - Wikipedia
  • Accent (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia
  • Troll - Wikipedia
  • Witch trials in the early modern period - Wikipedia
  • Frozen: Olaf - YouTube
  • "Hallo a Thormoid" — Scots Gaelic Lesson 1 part 1 - YouTube
  • Nynorsk - Wikipedia
  • Uncanny valley - Wikipedia
  • Noen har det hett (1959) - IMDb — This is actually Some Like It Hot but despite hacking out the URL junk, IMDB just prefers to show me the Norwegian title.
  • Jarlsberg cheese - Wikipedia
  • Category:Norwegian cheeses - Wikipedia
  • The next three months – Chris Atherton – Medium
  • Three months’ immersion in Norwegian. – Chris Atherton – Medium
  • Why I wish I'd kept my Welsh accent | Stephen Moss | Opinion | The Guardian
  • language - What causes some people to unconsciously imitate the accents of others? - Cognitive Sciences Stack Exchange
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Small DifferencesBy Knut Melvær & Chris Atherton