tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947468789079197236.post8342854268629159331..comments2023-09-13T09:00:54.453+01:00Comments on Krims Krams: The weekend, finallyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947468789079197236.post-28573684346368459382011-10-18T19:21:17.371+01:002011-10-18T19:21:17.371+01:00i am still impressed - to speak a new language wit...i am still impressed - to speak a new language with another accent- amazing!virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09905950178246496297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947468789079197236.post-10048028520215283742011-10-14T08:49:12.535+01:002011-10-14T08:49:12.535+01:00I know that frustration - the first few years I li...I know that frustration - the first few years I lived in England I didn't feel like I was myself, I couldn't make comments, or jokes, or by the time I had finally figured out in my head what I should say and how, the conversation had moved on! You will get there, and one day people will laugh at a joke, because the joke is funny, not because you said it funny - and you will feel great! Hang on in there! :-) (btw - people would always mistake me for being irish... )Asta Burrowshttp://quintessentiallyburrows.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947468789079197236.post-10033631500579578792011-10-08T21:30:42.663+01:002011-10-08T21:30:42.663+01:00I feel your frustration! Since it bugs me that I c...I feel your frustration! Since it bugs me that I cant express myself I don't speak much norsk with people. It feels like my tongue is tied...Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327121273684499668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947468789079197236.post-60601126161321495432011-10-08T18:51:14.882+01:002011-10-08T18:51:14.882+01:00Funny the timing on that "lose a bit of yours...Funny the timing on that "lose a bit of yourself" comment. I had dinner with another barnehage mother and her kid on friday, and any social interactions leave me so nervous for that very reason. i wonder "How could/why would they possible like me, because this is not the REAL me?!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069763702777030989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947468789079197236.post-79921663233297866582011-10-08T15:51:25.578+01:002011-10-08T15:51:25.578+01:00I think that's quite normal. I have many frien...I think that's quite normal. I have many friends who were mistaken for danes while learning norwegian (and they were not...)<br />Lykke til!Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188404269285868386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947468789079197236.post-47777606418907575972011-10-08T12:04:23.605+01:002011-10-08T12:04:23.605+01:00Lisa- take the Danish comment as a compliment (no ...Lisa- take the Danish comment as a compliment (no matter how 'rough' the Danish language is!) I get that now and then too (and once in a while Swedish) and it just means that you and I do not carry the dreaded English-speaker accent. Well done! p.s. that whole "lose oneself while speaking Norwegian. you're not alone. but it gets better...sirihttp://transplantedbaker.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com