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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.An interesting anecdote. When Norwegian fishermen went to the extreme North of UK during the second world war, they spoke to the locals in Norwegian. The locals, as in Shetlanders and Northern Scotsmen, answered in English. They understood each other!
(It's mainly due to the way the Scots pronounce their words.)
Petter
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Some fraternisation between the Vikings and the locals too in times of yore, maybe coming back through genetic memory. Excuse my gibberish.
@Petter Reminds me of King Knut, who was anglicised Canute. I had an old friend from Dornock on the northern coast of Scotland -- however, he lived most of his life in Dublin and then here in New Zealand so didn't show any really quirky pronunciation traits. He did show disdain though, for my German pronunciation, so obviously took pride in some kind of Northern European oral heritage.
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