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   Re: Norse and Scottish sound similar   
   04 May 08 23:33:11   
   
   XPost: soc.genealogy.nordic   
   From: address@nospam.no.invalid   
      
   Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:30:55 GMT, Bob Jones ;   
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   >Magnus.Moraberg@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> I'm listening to this Norwegian band at the moment and their accents   
   >> remind me of a Scottish or Ulster English accent. Or perhaps even   
   >> Welsh or Gaelic. What do you think?   
   (snip)   
   >Very likely, a lot of Scots migrated to Norway e.g. Edvard Greig's family.   
      
   If that is an assumption based on the way the name is written, it   
   could be of importance to know that it's written wrongly.   
   The composer's family name is Grieg, not Greig.   
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   /Jan   
      
      
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