Monthly Archives: November 2009
Projekt Boble
Learning Danish to the level I have was a bad idea. My radio alarm clock keeps telling me what the Danish People’s Party think of me (not much). My kitchen radio keeps saying “udlander” and “indvandrer” and how we are … Continue reading
Posted in Danish
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Sprogskole
What a joke. This post is “so August, darling” but I need to get it out in the open. Let us be honest here. I LOVE LANGUAGES. I did French at school (as a default), then added German, did a … Continue reading
Posted in Danish Language
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The Heart of It All
We blog about minor annoyances. People who were rude to us about our accents, people who were rude to us in supermarkets, people who were rude to us at work; the main thing being that back home our cultures would … Continue reading
Posted in Danish
The Maladapted Immigrant
I did some field research and asked some real life Danes what they thought the politicians meant by “cannot or will not integrate”. The three main planks we decided were Has learned to speak the language within seven years Has … Continue reading
Spot the Difference: For a Wider Audience
In Denmark, the biology textbooks are different from the rest of the world.In the rest of the world, milk and dairy is a “sometimes food”, with the meat and fish.But not in Denmark! It is something you can eat as … Continue reading
Projekt Dejlig, how did that go?
So, I set myself a challenge to really throw myself into life here and see how that went. The sorts of things I did included Getting Danish books out of the library Buying Danish books Listening to Danish radio Buying … Continue reading
Posted in Danish Language, Personal, Travelogue
Another successful interaction with a man
Vejle bus station smells of desperation and the poops. Everyone is downcast, waiting for a bus to take them anywhere. Out. Away. At 3pm I had settled myself, standing out of the main walkway, waiting for the Billund bus. Listening … Continue reading
