tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376836.post114598662338861678..comments2023-05-25T07:04:45.749-04:00Comments on Watch Me sleep: The south (of Sweden) will rise againEd Keerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15427371337512386674noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376836.post-1146147881677286462006-04-27T10:24:00.000-04:002006-04-27T10:24:00.000-04:00I did. It's one of Kris's favorite movies. I was w...I did. It's one of Kris's favorite movies. I was wondering why they were speaking Swedish in Denmark.Ed Keerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15427371337512386674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376836.post-1146146957298518792006-04-27T10:09:00.000-04:002006-04-27T10:09:00.000-04:00Did you see "Pelle the Conqueror"? It's set on Bor...Did you see "Pelle the Conqueror"? It's set on Bornholm.boredoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06374659087209661689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376836.post-1146073259854181202006-04-26T13:40:00.000-04:002006-04-26T13:40:00.000-04:00I've got to go to Bornholm. They seem like Danes I...I've got to go to Bornholm. They seem like Danes I can hang with.Ed Keerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15427371337512386674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376836.post-1146065832311728062006-04-26T11:37:00.000-04:002006-04-26T11:37:00.000-04:00You have to go back to before nation-states to fin...You have to go back to before nation-states to find that Scania was a sovereign territory. Then it was Danish till the Swedes pwned them in 1658. The dialect is pretty particular, but to call it a different language is to overstate things considerably There are probably other dialects in the country that diverge just as much from "rikssvenska," as spoken by the Mandarins in Stockholm.<BR/><BR/>BTW, on the Danish island of Bornholm, they speak a dialect of Danish that sounds pretty close to Swedish. It may close to what the Scanians spoke before the Swedish conquista.boredoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06374659087209661689noreply@blogger.com