![]() I was involved in preparing for the Lucia Fest in December, learning all of the words to the songs. Luckily enough for me it was love at first sight. I wanted to study Icelandic, but the only way to do that was to take Swedish. I went to The University of Hull, where there was a strong Scandinavian studies department at that time. The written languages in Sweden, Norway and Denmark are even closer than their oral forms, but people do often ask me…just how close are they? And…which one should I learn first to best understand the rest? I had been to Norway before and I spoke in Swedish there without any great problems. With Wizzair tickets at a crazy low prices too, the deal was done! □ OK, so I am in Poland, studying Polish…I know….but the invitation to spend time in Norway with Cristina was too good an opportunity to pass up. I have always admired not only her ability to use a number of languages to a very high level, but also her kindness towards others. She is an active member there and tries to help other learners where she can. ![]() ![]() Cristina participates on the How To Learn Any Language forum that I started writing on when I first got into the online language community. ![]() This week I was stayed with another polyglot in Oslo. Croats and Serbs can communicate with each other relatively freely, as can Macedonians and Bulgarians, Afrikaners and Dutch people and of course the Danes, Swedes and Norwegians. There are a number of languages in the world that are mutually intelligible.
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