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There's a language spoken in the Midwest of the USA called "Norst" or "American Norwegian". Here is a presentation I found on it on Lemmy. (docs.google.com)
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[–] 11 points 8 months ago (16 children)

I can see that there are hints of northern Norwegian, like Æ and MÆ as personal pronouns - reminds me of my chatty aunties in Seattle, the family was originally from Svolvær in Lofoten.

There are some Norwegian speakers in the States that can speak quite pure Norwegian, but from what I've read, it seems to be a form of Norwegian that was common close to a hundred years ago.

Fun fact; there are about as many Norwegians in north America as there are Norwegians in Norway.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    The first episode of Twin Peaks offers a wonderful display of American Norwegian as it sounded in the 90s - there's Norwegian investors in the episode, and they hired local actors to play the part. They indeed sound like they're straight out of the 1920s.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Tusen takk for ditt svar! Det er så interessant. Jeg er litt trist at jeg vokste ikke opp med mer norsk kultur.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Det er iallfall veldig kult at det fortsatt er Amerikanere som snakker norsk! Det er jo ikke så mange av oss, så morsomt at det finnes en gruppe Nordmenn som ikke er norske ute i verden.

    Vokste du opp med noe av norsk kultur? Lefse eller rømmegrøt?

    Og har du sett filmen "John: The Last Norwegian Cowboy"?

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 8 months ago

    Nei, jeg har sett filmen, men jeg skal. Jeg vokste bare opp med videoer om språket, dessverre. Og kalle «Christmas» for «jul» noen ganger. Tilsynelatende er familien min fra Trondheim og Det kongelige slott i Oslo.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Whoa, super cool!!!! Snakker du norsk?

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Jepp. Jeg er nordnorsk, men vokste opp i Møre og Romsdal. Hvor i statene bor du, og hvor i Norge er familien din fra?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago

    Hmmm, jeg vet ikke siden det er for så lenge siden, men vi omfavner fortsatt språket. Jeg bor i Illinois :D

    Vi lærer språket og vokste opp med noen ord som «jul» for «Christmas». Pappa også er en nerd så han liker gammelnorsk også.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Vel for å svare på spørsmålet ditt, familien min er fra Trondheim, det virker for meg

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    There are also Swedish communities that speak old Swedish from 100 years ago. It's super interesting to see your old roots in another country. If I recall correctly the Swedes are located in Minnesota

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (3 children)

    Fun fact; there are about as many Norwegians in north America as there are Norwegians in Norway.

    Not really. But there are as many Americans who identifies as Norwegians in the US as there are actual Norwegians. They aren't Norwegians though, they are US citizens with (some) Norwegian ancestors.

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