XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: gadekryds@lundhansen.dk   
      
   Adam Funk wrote:   
      
   >> Spoken Danish drops as much as possible. "Synes" => "sys", "trapperne"   
   >>=> "trappern", and there are many more examples.   
   >>   
   >> In dk.kultur.sprog (language) we joked with pronouncing   
   >> "socialdemokratiet" with three syllables (it has 8).   
   >   
   > Isn't there a Scandinavian joke to the effect that Danish drops all   
   > the consonants & one of the others drops all the vowels, so it evens   
   > out?   
      
   There may be, but it's wrong. Danes drops anything. Swedes and   
   Norwegians generally speak clearly.   
      
   --   
   Bertel   
   Kolt, Denmark   
      
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