Interview with Keith Brooks of “Pardon My Norwegian”

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Keith BrooksKeith Brooks is the man behind Pardon My Norwegian, a site dedicated to “everything cool from Norway from the eyes of a Kentuckian”. Prior to “marrying” the Norwegian language, Keith sampled a number of a potential languages in a project called 37 Languages. His “speed dating” or “taste testing” approach to choosing just the right “significant linguistic other” got picked up by PRI’s The World in 2009 (“Blogging the Love of Language“), and Keith was asked back again in 2010 to report on which language he finally chose to settle down with (“A Language Speed-Dater Gets Serious“).

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Show Notes

In our interview, Keith:

  • Shares his favorite tips and tools for learning Norwegian online.
  • Confirms that contrary to what many may expect, it is indeed possible to learn Norwegian even in Louisville, Kentucky.
  • Compares Norwegian with other Scandinavian tongues: “Danish sounds like Swedish, but is written like Norwegian. Swedish sounds like Norwegian, but is closer to Danish. And then Norwegian, in my opinion, is the best one of them all!”

Mo’ Info

For more information about Keith Brooks, learning Norwegian, and his language speed dating experiences, check out pardonmynorwegian.com.

  • http://www.pardonmynorwegian.com/ Pardon My Norwegian

    Hei alle sammen! I wanted to thank John again for interviewing me, this was fun! I was trying to think of the best way to describe Norwegian/Swedish/Danish during the interview, and here is the quote I meant to reference:

    “Norwegian is Danish spoken in Swedish.”

    One can also say:
    Norwegian + phonology – vocabulary = Swedish
    Norwegian – phonology + vocabulary = Danish

    I hope everyone enjoys listening!

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