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Originally Posted by Erik Puke
It's mostly neighbourly sibling hate/love.
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I agree. What I don't agree on is that Danes tend to understand Swedish. I'd say a minority of Danes understand Swedish well enough to feal at ease with it, and it comes as a big surprise to me since the languages are quite similar. Danes also prefer to speak English to a Swede very often which I find offensive. Never heard that one about the hot potatoes, but it's kind of funny - I say that most Danes sound like a Swede with mouth full of oatmeal porridge.
Seriously, I always learn something about the differences between Swedish and Danish when I'm in Denmark, and quite often I can add some Danish to my Swedish to avoid complications. I've already spent lots of time in Denmark and I like it. If you can keep from switching to English all the time, we will become good friends.
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