Princess-without-the-pros Märtha-Louise is finally marrying her shaman

[therearewords]

Huwelijk spirituele prinses met zelfbenoemde sjamaan valt slecht in Noorwegen https://t.co/5WEQYQeOD2
- NOS (@NOS) August 18, 2024

- The bride can talk to animals and angels. You can read up on the reptile groom here- She's only princess in title; already dropped royal duties and connections for the man. That means she also has to make her own

Comments

[celja]

Never heard Norway/Norwegians referred to as Norse before

[cleode5a7]

Me neither, and I live in Scandinavia

[celja]

Yeah I'm Swedish and Norse people as far as I know existed a long, long time ago

[cleode5a7]

lol I live in Sweden too! Yes and modern descendants of the Norsemen are generally called Scandinavians, and as you said: people from Norway are Norwegian

[blazingeternity]

This is extremely random, but as Duolingo just asked me förstår du norska? xD and I read your comment, I looked up what 'Norwegian (person)' is in Swedish, and it says 'norrman'. Is that correct? Because I know several Swedes named Norrman... so their last name is "Norwegian"? 🤔

[cleode5a7]

lol yes that’s correct! I haven’t thought about that until now but you’re right about the name meaning Norwegian in Swedish. I guess that a way to differentiate the name from the word is how you pronounce it, you stress different parts of the name vs the word, but yeah they mean the same thing.

[blazingeternity]

Thank you for the explanation! :) I've encountered country and city last names in Germany, like Ms. Österreich (Austria) or Mr. Berlin, but not an adjective/nationality.

[itsme_eloise]

me neither, at least not talking about present-day people

[ladychips]

idk why but this is cracking me up. thor is waiting in the wings!

[therearewords]

I've been found out.

[laydownhere]

the only modern context i know is the cheap airline I use to go to France last minute

[therearewords]

Oh, yeah, that's how you say it in this century!

[sentinelsoul]

All I can think is that maybe Norsk was autocorrected to Norse? 🤷‍♀️ But I think that generally refers to the language, not the people. That'd be nordmenn, I believe?

Jeg snakker bare litt norsk, så jeg vet ikke sikkert. Ja, dette er praksis, hvor dårlig er det? Jeg kan bare bokmål. 😕