13 Dec, 2018
Language practice with Christie Ericson My favorite part of the holidays is Saint Lucia Day, which is celebrated on Dec. 13 (Feiringen av Luciadagen den 13. desember er førjulstradisjonen jeg liker aller best). I...
29 Nov, 2018
Words about words M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway The name Lucia is most known as that of an Italian martyr, Santa Lucia (often but not always “St. Lucy” in English), who died at the...
14 Nov, 2018
Norsk 101: Language practice with Christie Ericson It’s hard to travel to Norway (Det er vanskelig å reise til Norge) without bringing back (uten å ta med seg tilbake) souvenirs or gifts (suvenirer eller...
31 Oct, 2018
M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway Quisling is a term that originated in Norway. In the Scandinavian languages and in English, it denotes a person who collaborates with an enemy, and in general it’s a...
16 Oct, 2018
Norsk 101: Language practice with Christie Ericson One of the most recognizable symbols of Norway (Et av de mest gjenkjente norske symboler) is the traditional Norwegian wool sweater (er den tradisjonelle ullkofta eller ullgenseren)....
1 Oct, 2018
Words about words Fjord is a loanword in English, from the Old Norse fjorðr, which means “lake-like body of water used for ferrying and passage.” That word has an English connection. Like the English...
20 Sep, 2018
Words about words M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway The beginnings of the four seasons of the year, or “Earth’s Seasons” as they collectively are called in astronomical terms, are red-letter days (“Red Letter Days,”...
23 Aug, 2018
Language Practice with Christie Ericson Berry Season in Norway (Bærsesong i Norge) When I was a kid (Da jeg var barn) and lived in the bush in Alaska (og bodde i bushen i Alaska),...
25 Jul, 2018
Free online Bokmål dictionary is launched M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway “It’s a national event,” said Nils Heyerdahl, president of Det Norske Akademi (short name in Norwegian for “The Norwegian Academy for Language and...
11 Jul, 2018
Newer Norwegian words linked by history M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway According to the Global Language Monitor (www.languagemonitor.com), English now has more than a million words, and 5,400 new words are added each year....
Choose your own Christmas goat & gnome
14 Dec, 2018
The magic of the missing nisse
13 Dec, 2018
Norsk 101: Saint Lucia Day (Luciadagen)
13 Dec, 2018
And the winning gingerbread is…
13 Dec, 2018
13 Dec, 2018
Choose your own Christmas goat & gnome
14 Dec, 2018
Shopping in Norway (Shopping i Norge)
14 Nov, 2018
Five prizes in one week for Los Bando
14 Nov, 2018
15 Nov, 2018
“More than a sweater” for 140 years
15 Nov, 2018
