LillaGrisen's "Thank you"-thread
I'm starting this thread in order to properly thank and acknowledge all the generous and wonderful simmers who have gifted me since I started talking on these forums, be it through the sponsoring of a...
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@creativemetaphor If you meant to write "My maternal grandfather and grandmother came from Sweden" that would be "Min morfar och mormor kom från Sverige" :smile:
I think it's nice that you're looking into your heritage. Personally I think Irish has a very nice ring to it and it looks beautiful as well, though my head kind of hurts when I try to make the connection between the written word and the spoken word - I wouldn't exactly say a word is pronounced the way it's spelled :lol: (Just realised it might sound like I actually know Irish. I don't know Irish. My knowledge of Irish is limited to my interest in various folklores :joy:)
Lol, while probably the most famous Swedish band, ABBA is far from the only Swedish band. I think Sweden actually is in second place when it comes to the most metal bands per capita (curse you Finland!)
I've never heard of that movie nor those bands before, but I gave the bands a listen and I'll definitely be adding those to my mental "to listen to"-list! I though they were great and very much down my alley! :blush: Though I think you should be warned that the Swedish they use is a bit older, so don't get discouraged if you don't understand what they're singing (I guess that's why it's called folkmusic :lol:)
As for the movie I looked up that it takes place in the late 10th century, which probably would make that language spoken Old Norse. That language is obviously dead today, but I'm pretty sure that Icelandic is pretty close; unlike Sweden, Denmark and Norway which have been heavily influenced by Germany the last couple of centuries (Danish being the language closest to German, Norwegian being the least similar I would say, perhaps understandibly so), Iceland is a tiny island pretty much in the middle of nowhere - no German influence there! :wink:
I think it's nice that you're looking into your heritage. Personally I think Irish has a very nice ring to it and it looks beautiful as well, though my head kind of hurts when I try to make the connection between the written word and the spoken word - I wouldn't exactly say a word is pronounced the way it's spelled :lol: (Just realised it might sound like I actually know Irish. I don't know Irish. My knowledge of Irish is limited to my interest in various folklores :joy:)
Lol, while probably the most famous Swedish band, ABBA is far from the only Swedish band. I think Sweden actually is in second place when it comes to the most metal bands per capita (curse you Finland!)
I've never heard of that movie nor those bands before, but I gave the bands a listen and I'll definitely be adding those to my mental "to listen to"-list! I though they were great and very much down my alley! :blush: Though I think you should be warned that the Swedish they use is a bit older, so don't get discouraged if you don't understand what they're singing (I guess that's why it's called folkmusic :lol:)
As for the movie I looked up that it takes place in the late 10th century, which probably would make that language spoken Old Norse. That language is obviously dead today, but I'm pretty sure that Icelandic is pretty close; unlike Sweden, Denmark and Norway which have been heavily influenced by Germany the last couple of centuries (Danish being the language closest to German, Norwegian being the least similar I would say, perhaps understandibly so), Iceland is a tiny island pretty much in the middle of nowhere - no German influence there! :wink:
