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   From: a24061@ducksburg.com   
      
   On 2024-09-02, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Heh, maybe Athel's version is right & it's Danish vs Portuguese.   
      
      
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