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DFW

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5. The Danes speak very quickly, too, making it worse

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 28, 2021, 08:38 AM

Mar 2021

They do that up to 99 (ni og helvfems, or nine and half a twenty back of five twenties), but call it quits before calling 100 "five twenties." When expressing 100, they don't say "fems" any more, but rather "hundrede." Go figure. No wonder Norwegians and Swedes roll their eyes when they hear Danish. Norwegian, Swedish and Danish are all essentialy the same language, but with local idiosyncrasies thrown in, 97% of which are in Danish.

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The origin and uniqueness of Basque genetics revealed [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2021 OP

Thank you so much for sharing this fascinating information. niyad Mar 2021 #1

As they say in Bilbao, "neuk pixkat euskera aitxutendot!" (I understand a little Basque) DFW Mar 2021 #2

That is fascinating PatSeg Mar 2021 #3

The Danes speak very quickly, too, making it worse DFW Mar 2021 #5

I can imagine PatSeg Mar 2021 #7

Super interesting - thanks! BuddhaGirl Mar 2021 #9

Does this mean extreme incest? nt joetheman Mar 2021 #4

Their heterozygosity index is indeed on the low-end... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #10

There is an interesting article in Smithsonian about Basque communities in the US. When I niyad Mar 2021 #6

primarily a language barrier? stopdiggin Mar 2021 #8

The Basques even have their own "E Pluribus Unum" DFW Mar 2021 #11