Why are Scandanavians fluent in English?

>>66535932
they're very familiar with fag speak

They're natural cuckolds

>>66535932
Why are English and Swedish in the same language family?

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>>66535932

>>66535932
1. Because their languages are very close to English grammatically
2. Because Scandinavian countries are small and irrelevant so nobody cares about translating movies to their languages

>>66535932
I know one of many reasons.
They are cucked for American culture.
Seriously cucked. Especially Sweden.

My Finnish friend told me this.

>>66536178
Your Finnish friend can't afford American culture

>>66535932
Because they learn English in since they're 8/9 years old. Same thing here although we're not Scandinavian.

>>66536103
>Because Scandinavian countries are small and irrelevant so nobody cares about translating movies to their languages
yeah, a swedish girl told everything was subtitled there on TV except for shows for children, that contributes to the learning of the language

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>>66536103
>dubbing movies is a good thing

>>66536494
told me*

because their languages are irrelevant

>>66536494
>>66536531
Actually they dubbed the first 5 Harry Potter movies, I remember watching the dubbed versions as a kid. Also all the kids movies are dubbed as well.

>>66536687
Oh yeah, they were dubbed. I've watched them, too. The first two or three on vhs no less.

>>66536531
>muhh durr original dialogs are better than translated! Because you know, 99% of movies are so intellectual, original and unpredictable that you should listen it yourself!

>>66537964
It's not about being intellectual, it's about dubs ruining immersion and sounding like shit.

>>66536866
Same, it was hard to watch the English version the for first time back then, I was really used to the Swedish version

>>66538006
>it's about dubs ruining immersion and sounding like shit.
Dunno, maybe you just never heard good quality dubbing.

Let's just admit that most of people watch movies for entertaining, they don't want to think about translation during watching, they want to relax and watch a movie.

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If Scandinavians are so good at English because their languages are closely related, then why are Finns so good at English as well?

>>66538995
Name a thing that we aren't good at.

>>66539445
mobile phones

>>66539445
Being a Mongol.

Oh wait

>>66535932
Well the ones who aren't... you wouldn't hear about them because they would not be interesting for you.

>>66540166
Which Swedes aren't good at English? Just old people and farmers?

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>>66539498
Haha, nice one bro...

>>66538995
Finns aren't Scandinavian and their language is very different from other European languages.

>>66542053
That was his point you fucking mong

>>66542053
I didn't imply Finns were Scandinavian, and I was implying why Finns are so good at English BECAUSE their language is so different.

Read my post again retard.

ancient viking era pagan rituals

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>>66538995
Because the notion that Scandinavians are good at Englishg because our languages are closely related is simply wrong

We Nordics are good at English because we're good at literally everything we do, because we're Atlantoid masterrace.
Learning a language is no real obstacle for us

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>>66542326
>the guy having earplugs because of the nigger riot in the background

>>66542326
>we're good at everything we do

You're good at copying America.

>>66538995
>Finns
>good at English
Are you fucking kidding me, their accent is impossible to understand.

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>>66542326
I would also like to remind that finns are actually extraterrestrial beings

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>>66542673
fuck OFF!?!

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>>66542785
>their accent is impossible to understand.
The fuck? It's prolly one of the easiest thanks to our monotone pronunciation

>>66539445
being not autistic

>>66535932
Because we actually have education. And we're not suckered into pouring money into shit-tier schools for a "collesj" degree.

>Free education.
>High quality education.
>Qualified teachers.

It also helps that we're not degenerated third worlders like Americans who in some towns don't even have access to pure drinking water.

>>66543136
Being autistic just underlines your intelligence so it's a positive trait.

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>>66542785
Gimmie text to read and I can make a vocaroo for you, I speak English perfectly

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>>66543136
t. germany

>>66543356
Oh my here we go...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eal5YBoNFxY

>>66543368
delet

>>66536103
Dubbed movies and shows is mostly for kids, hearing adult shows or movies dubbed is cringy as fuck.
Reading subtitles isn't particularly hard, and it makes it easier to learn a second language.

Swedish isn't THAT close to English guys. Different branches of Germanic.

Norse countries just have very good educational systems.

Don;t forget though, that Norse people learn these languages well past infancy, so they aren't native speakers. I wonder if there will ever be a push for Norse kids to be natively bilingual.

>>66535932
autism

>>66543621
>Norse countries just have very good educational systems.
Maybe, but us knowing English so well is 99% because of television.

>>66537964
Dubs are horrible. People here reject dubs for that reason.

>>66543726
99% Games, imo

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>>66535932
we are better

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>>66539445
hockey

>>66543774
We're not in the EU, dumbass.

>>66543867
Time to drift off with England then.

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>>66539445
Opening your eyes fully

>>66543812
http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/why-finland-is-the-best-hockey-country-in-the-world

Your media is telling different story.

> he wants others to speak God's language terribly to feel better about himself

What is it with Americans and their inherent desire to see everyone suffer? I find this behaviour really bizarre.

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>>66544120
Faen er du babler om?

>>66544001
i don't care what some opinon columnist says, finland sucks at hockey and has never won a gold olympic gold hockey medal or a stan lee cup

>>66544203
How many Kanadians were drafted in the top 5 this year? How many Finns?

>>66539445

Sobriety

>>66544253
This is the fact he's trying to deny with his hostile behaviour towards finnish hockey.

>>66544257
We excel at everything even drunk. Makes it even more glorious.

>>66544203
How many Kanadian teams were in the 2015-2016 stan lee cup playoffs? How many Finnish teams?

>>66543774
>England
>only 95%

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>>66544453
>the Netherlands is better at their fourth language than the British are at their second language
>the British are so bad at foreign language that minorities who don't have English as their first language start appearing on the chart
embarrassing desu

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>>66544253
>>66544432
g-gold medals....

>>66544567
*foreign languages

>>66544453
Protip: They didn't use ">" because they were trying to greentext outside of 4chan

>>66544567
Belgium is even worse. The Flemish, who form the majority, speak French. But the Walloons don't speak Dutch.

>>66536021
>only 9 verb forms
There are plenty of languages with fewer verb forms than that, why the fuck is Danish so high on this list?
Also your number system and phonology is completely retarded.
Terrible list, 0/10.

>>66544567
catalan is not a real language, epana

>>66544567
>the British are so bad at foreign language that minorities who don't have English as their first language start appearing on the chart
This applies to Ireland, Cyprus and Spain too.

>>66536021
pretty sure this is not a a list in order of easiness, but alphabet. It literally says that danish is the hardest scandinavian language to learn. also Dutch and frisian are objectively easier.

>>66544868
Scandi languages have less grammar rules.

>>66544923
fewer*

and that is not true. Out of which asshole did you pull this? i speak danish myself.

je bent gewoon een kanker jokkebrok. nederlands dat is een westgermaanse taal net als het engels en dus gramaticaal nauwer verwant

eindig gewoon je kankerleven kankergauw ipv te jokken op het internet

>>66544567
>a conversation

excellent scientific measure

>>66544999
I would disagree with you, but I can't argue with trips.

>>66545099
vertel dan waarom

>>66543368
something incredibly adorable about the idea of germans playing these :3

>>66541693
Most swedes like to think they are very good, but really most of us suck pretty badly.

>>66543774
This anon is right. Netherlanders are better at most languages, english, german (obviously) and probably french too.

>>66546331
>Most swedes like to think they are very good, but really most of us suck pretty badly.
Truth. Of the Scandinavians, Swedes generally have the hardest time learning other languages. Take Scandinavian mutual intelligibility, for instance - while Danes and Norwegians can generally understand the other languages easily, you'll often see Swedes struggling far more to keep up in a conversation involving all three.

>>66548179
That's only because Norwegian is a dialect of Danish and Swedish is a different language entirely.

>>66543621
Due to the Danelaw English is more like North Germanic languages than West.

>>66548905
All North Germanic languages sans Icelandic can probably be considered variations of the same language.

>>66536178
It is true.
Also Denmark is 68% gay :^)
T:knower

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>>66548179
>Swedes generally have the hardest time learning other languages.
come on now, how would you possibly know that, you guys just love pushing us down

>>66548905
LMAO

swedish is a modernized version of norwegian, they're 90% the same

danish is a degeneration of both

Sometimes I want to learn Swedish, and then I realize that I'm a native English speaker, so there'd be no point.

>>66535973
BAD canadian! apologize now!

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>>66551201
t. Gayland

>>66548179
That's not true.

If anything swedes have an easier time learning other languages since Swedish is more similar to other languages.

Specifically, more similar to French, German and Latin because Sweden used to be somewhat relevant in the world in the past and our language was pushed in an international direction by the nobility.

>>66548179
>>66551640

>norway/sweden

what's the difference between these two countries?

>>66551976
they have oil

>>66551413
literally cuck map
I wish my country to be as red as possible

>>66535932
English is not very hard to learn.

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>>66544567
USA is worse

>>66535932
from watching American cuck-porn

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>>66552739
And Mexico is way worse

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>>66535932
>Why are Scandanavians fluent in English?

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>>66553060

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>>66553139

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>>66553169

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>>66553192

>>66553192
>>66553169
No data on C1/C2?

>>66553253
Yes, B2 actually refers to "B2 or above" so a lot of those students could be C1 or C2 but the ESLC didn't tested C levels competencies because of technical and time reasons, so yes, some of those students could be higher than B2

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>>66553223

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>>66553515

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>>66553555

>>66542326
>peacock feather ear rings
That's pretty trashy

>>66535985
>Albania
Oh, God...

>>66538821
I was living some time in Serbia and, you know, they also don't use dubbs. Only in cartoons or shows for kids. Same as in Croatia and others.

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>>66538821
>they don't want to think about translation during watching, they want to relax and watch a movie.
Apart from being the most retarded excuse to justify your incompetence at English. How much of a pleb do you have to be to find it hard and demanding to read subtitles?

Only person I know who has this issue is my brothers girlfriend, and her reason for it is that she has ADHD and honestly can't focus on reading... And she's pretty stupid to begin with aswell.

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>>66553647

>>66553515
>>66553555
>>66553647
Looks like I have every excuse in the book for my shit german

>>66535932
it is very easy.
amerifags cutlure is very much deeply rooted inside scandinavians cutlures, through media and schools.
all kids HAVE to learn english.
everyone HAS to watch movies or shows subtitled.
there would not be problems if scandinavian tv and movies were not JAMMED with foreign shows. they buy foreign programs.

>>66548179
>while Danes and Norwegians can generally understand the other languages easily, you'll often see Swedes struggling far more to keep up in a conversation involving all three.
>you'll often see Swedes struggling far more to keep up in a conversation involving all three.
This is completely on individual level.
I have met plenty, and I mean PLENTY of Norwegians and Danes who struggle to maintain a conversation with the other nations or even understand their languages.

>>66539445
not having cute boys

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>>66553881
We have plenty of shows and movies in Swedish
We're not forced to watch American/British media. It's more that most of our own is shit, which is why more people tend to prefer the American/British alternatives

>>66535932
>Why are Scandanavians fluent in English?
Mandatory part of education.
>Why are Scandinavians SO fluent in English?
Grammatical/syntactic similarities, cultural drift, a tradition for learning other languages dating back to ancient times, subtitles instead of dubs on television, and so on.

>>66535973
good lead
>>66551411
bad leaf

>>66553881
Having a greater selection of stuff to watch is a problem how..?

>>66551411
Good leaf

>>66535973
Bad leaf

>>66554176
Look at who's talking, aren't you fluent in English yourself.

>>66554208
what do you mean?, he's a good leader

>>66551096
>American education