[Magdalen] Enjoying a colleague's accent

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/17/2015 2:32:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
michaudme at gmail.com writes:

A Danish  friend >>>
 
On a tangent -
 
Though more similar to Norwegian than not, still, my relatives in  Norway
referred to Danish as Norwegian spoken with a mouth full of marbles.
 
OTOH, our Swedish exchange student referred to Swedish as
Norwegian, but "a little happier".  I think by that he meant more of  that
characteristic Scandinavian lilt in Swedish than Norwegian.  
 
I don't know, though.  My Norwegian relatives had a really  bouncy
accent which also flavors the Upper Midwest USA dialect to this  day.
 
 
David Strang.