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 (DIR) Post #AdTBK4PtQJq6rIiwtc by deshipu@fosstodon.org
       2024-01-03T12:27:06Z
       
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       @agturcz Note that this map is made from the point of view of a British tourist, or more generally someone speaking a Germanic or Romance language. If you speak a Slavic language, you can reverse that map.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdTBK5EEPA6bNQH9MG by ekaitz_zarraga@mastodon.social
       2024-01-03T13:06:34Z
       
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       @deshipu @agturcz I live in the dark blue part of the map, and this replicates my experience pretty accurately. :)
       
 (DIR) Post #AdTTJoNaqbAWINftLc by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2024-01-03T16:29:50Z
       
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       @agturcz @brie On the platform in Copenhagen, I had a revelation : PA (tannoy, if you're British) systems are always indistinct because they're made by Bang & Olufsen, and "mwah-mwaah mwha-mwa-mwaa-mwah-mwa" is a perfectly distinct and comprehensible sentence in Danish, a language which does not use consonants except for flavour.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdTTXedBt9SC7DZSmO by das_menschy@toot.bike
       2024-01-03T15:53:11Z
       
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       @deshipu @agturcz But what about finno-ugric languages like Finnish, Hungarian or Estonian?
       
 (DIR) Post #AdTTXfiBs32zT0uyDA by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2024-01-03T16:32:19Z
       
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       @das_menschy @deshipu @agturcz In Finland, the street signs and such are mostly bilingual Finnish/Swedish, and I can usually puzzle out written Swedish after a while.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdTTZqUMlzChTEUKuG by acb@mastodon.social
       2024-01-03T12:54:33Z
       
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       @agturcz With French people over a certain age, it’s more like “get out and don’t come back until you can speak proper French”
       
 (DIR) Post #AdTTZspi3bSsk0UPS4 by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2024-01-03T16:32:42Z
       
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       @acb @agturcz Which causes great offence among Quebecois.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdUlxJwXQAHDoay7nc by madies@mastodon.social
       2024-01-04T07:33:22Z
       
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       @publius @agturcz @brie It's "mwah-mwaah mwha-mwa-mwaa-mwah-mwaah". *smh
       
 (DIR) Post #AdUm1WEFgWvx4pFwVU by madies@mastodon.social
       2024-01-04T07:34:07Z
       
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       @publius @agturcz @brie It's "mwah-mwaah mwha-mwa-mwaa-mwah-mwaah". Or the Danes will pretend not to understand you.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdUqamlSb6WwJTrRU8 by dugartogo@dju.social
       2024-01-04T08:25:19Z
       
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       @publiusFor Germans like myself Danish is in fact a miracle. While it's absolutely impossible to understand a word it is very easy to speak. All you need to do is keep on speaking German but holding your tongue with two fingers while doing so.The consonants disappear and the vowls turn into an indistinct murmur. Bingo: Fluent Danish@agturcz @brie