ehanson:I may not be able to understand them but I have to say that on the whole, Danes are beautiful people.

I agree with you
and I am a fan of Knud the Great (also: Knut, Canute, Canuto)
He was a Dane and conquered England in 1016.
Then in 1018 he became also king of Danmark.
Then he defeated Sweden and Norway, that were allied. and conquered Norway.

He was very great, and he gave also the money to build the cathedral of Chartres.

jan aleksan:Hi,

I am very uspet about what is said on this forum. Actually, I'm quite shoked.

really, you shouldn't criticise Danish people like this. It's a basic right to like potatoes. I think that it's one of the basic right of the Human Rights: "every has the right to like potatoes".

As a inhabitant of Belgium, I am really upset to know that there are still, even in the 21th century, people that consider the fact to like potatoes a crime.

gxis,

PS: for those who didn't understand yet, it 's a joke . there is a danish in my office (and in fact I don't understand him al the time when he speaks in english, maybe because of his accent, who know...)

Hamlet, act I, scene IV
....
MARCELLUS
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
....

did he mean the potatoes ?


tot ziens (= bye)

wmanguiano:Hi there hello for all maybe learning both there will be less hard to understand dont?

Saluton!

hello, saluton
which country do you come from ?
gxis

wmanguiano:Hi there hello for all maybe learning both there will be less hard to understand dont?

Saluton!

Hola !
I think you come from Mexico, don't you ?
I am a fan of Veronica Castro, and I appreciate many Mexican boxeurs, like Palomino, Mantequilla, and others.
Mexico is a very beautiful country, with places that are envied and desired by all the world.

Saluton al ĉiuj

Jes mi estas de Meksiko kaj mi estas komencanto de Esperanto antaŭ unu monato.

yes im from Mexico city and im beginning to learn Esperanto like a month ago.

bondezire al ĉiuj, ĝis

Frakseno:It seems unanimous that potatos are the leading cause of miscommunication between Norwegians and Danes.

Jag hade levnedsmiddelhygiejne i högskolan på danska (Jeppsen-Skovgaard) og det var ganska lätt. Men yttrandet an språget är ytterst vanskeligt

Iippa:Jag hade levnedsmiddelhygiejne i högskolan på danska (Jeppsen-Skovgaard) og det var ganska lätt. Men yttrandet an språget är ytterst vanskeligt

Even the google online Danish-English translator couldn't make much sense of this. The result was:

Jag hate food hygiene in högskolan on danska (Jeppsen-Skovgaard) and it was ganska lätt. But yttrandet an språget är ytterst difficult

I suggest you provide a complete translation.

Even the google online Danish-English translator couldn't make much sense of this.

Probably because it's not Danish - try the Swedish/English translator

An easy way to spot the difference between Swedish on the one hand and Danish and Norwegian on the other is that only Swedish uses ä and ö. Norwegian and Danish use æ and ø. Å is common to all three.

Miland:

Iippa:Jag hade levnedsmiddelhygiejne i högskolan på danska (Jeppsen-Skovgaard) og det var ganska lätt. Men yttrandet an språget är ytterst vanskeligt

Even the google online Danish-English translator couldn't make much sense of this. The result was:

Jag hate food hygiene in högskolan on danska (Jeppsen-Skovgaard) and it was ganska lätt. But yttrandet an språget är ytterst difficult

I suggest you provide a complete translation.

I had food hygiene at highschool in danish and was quite easy. But pronunciation of the language is extremely difficult.