Hello and welcome!
I am looking forward to this NaNoWriMo year.
Before we start the 2009 competition, we need to give each other some inspiration and good cheer, and that means a Kickoff Party!
The party will be SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31.
As I am in Copenhagen, that is where the party will be, BUT I would very much appreciate suggestions from people as to what place you think it could be held. Please send me an email OR write a post.
As with previous years, there are both Danish speakers and also know English....and those who live in Denmark and are participating in the contest but are English speakers only, so I ask that people be welcoming and inclusive when writing posts. If writing in Danish, please also write it in English. As your ML with limited Danish I will also try to do the same!
Happy Writing!
ELSKEDE
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Hej og velkommen!
Jeg ser frem til denne Nanowrimo år.
Før vi starter i 2009 konkurrence, er vi nødt til at give hinanden lidt inspiration og gode humør, og det betyder en Kickoff Fest!
Den fest, der vil være lørdag 31 oktober.
Som jeg er i København, det er når den part, vil blive, men jeg ville sætte stor pris på forslag fra borgerne om, hvilken plads man synes, at det kunne afholdes. Send mig en mail ELLER skrive en post.
I lighed med tidligere år, er der både danske talere, og ved også, engelsk .... og dem, der bor i Danmark og deltager i konkurrencen, men er engelsktalende kun, så jeg beder om, at folk er imødekommende og rummelige, når du skriver indlæg. Hvis der skriver på dansk, skal du også skrive det på engelsk. Som din ML med begrænset dansk Jeg vil også forsøge at gøre det samme!
Tillykke med at skrive!
ELSKEDE
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ML for Denmark
Lover of good wine, chocolate truffles and NaNoWriMo
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Oct 3, 2009 - 11 00
Oh my, did you google translate that? It's kinda funny :D
----------2006: Det Koldeste Hjerte (Fantasy) - 51000
2007: Beginning and the End (Mainstream Fiction) - 54000
2008: Hvem er min broder? (Fantasy) - 50000
2009: Slavepige (Fantasy) - going well!
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Oct 3, 2009 - 12 32
She admitted to having limited Danish skills. :) It's hard to get grammar and syntax right when you're learning a new language! I'm impressed she tried it! I would be too embarrassed to translate my posts, for reasons just like this. I can imagine it's good practice, though. Yay to our ML for trying to practice what she preaches, as well. If she's asking Danes to translate to English, it's very fair of her to do her best to translate into Danish right back at them. :D
To the OP, as long as it's in easy reach of a metro or train, I know that me and my darling other half would be interested in socializing this year!
40,028 / 50,000
Oct 3, 2009 - 13 06
Skribbling-be nice to our dear ML, *said with smile and wink* and say hi to your visiting cat (yea I checked your blog a couple of weeks ago:))
Dear ML- I solute you. I hate trying to translate stuff. I assumed last year that you were Danish. Just goes to show that I should assume nothing.
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Oct 4, 2009 - 02 10
i think it sounds like a really good idea getting together before all the crazy starts ! this is my first year so it'd be real nice to meet some of you that has tried it before :)
just tell me when and where and i'm up for it :)
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Oct 4, 2009 - 04 15
Yep, sounds fun!
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Oct 6, 2009 - 08 52
To the OP, as long as it's in easy reach of a metro or train, I know that me and my darling other half would be interested in socializing this year!
I am always courageous, so yes the words may not be quite conversatinal Danish but they can be understood. LOL
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Jeg er altid modig, så ja ord kan ikke være helt conversatinal dansk, men de kan forstås. LOL
ELSKEDE
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----------ML for Denmark
Lover of good wine, chocolate truffles and NaNoWriMo
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ML for Denmark
Lover of good wine, chocolate truffles and NaNoWriMo
8,393 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 08 23
Are there really Danes here who would have that much trouble understanding this in English? Mightn't it just be easier on our ML to stick to English unless anyone really has trouble. Of course confused Danes should ask and pester for translation if something isn't clear.
And before anyone starts on MY bad Danish. I am an American who has lived in Northern Jutland for more than 10 years. Most of you probably don't even consider Vendsyssel part of Denmark.
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Er der virkelig nogle dansker her som vil ha meget problem med at denne forum er på Engelsk? Måske er det nemmere for alle at holde til Engelsk med mindre nogen virkelig har problemer med det. Selvfølig skal forvirret Dansker spørge om oversættelse hvis noget ikke er klar.
Og inden i begynder på MIT dårlig Dansk. Jeg er altså amerikaner som har boet i nordjylland i mere end 10 år. De fleste af jer nok ikke regner Vendsyssel som en del af Danmark.
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40,000 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 04 26
Hej BexDk,
jeg har faktisk et principielt problem med at forummet her er på engelsk. Der er masser af steder i nanowrimos fora, hvor man kan skrive engelsk, men meget få, hvor man kan begå sig, hvis ens eneste sprog er dansk. Jeg tror (men har ikke belæg for det), at man risikerer at skræmme nogen af dem væk, der ikke er så gode til engelsk, men som gerne ville skrive, ved at holde tingene her på engelsk (og endda maskinoversat engelsk). Som hovedregel burde man her skrive dansk (og så evt komme med en engelsk oversættelse/resume til sidst). Kan man ikke dansk, så skriver man selvfølgelig på engelsk, men man kan vel ikke forvente at det hele sker på engelsk herinde?
For mit eget vedkommende kan jeg godt både læse og forstå engelsk, men har valgt at skrive fiktion på dansk, og synes egentlig det er hyggeligt at småskæmtes på dansk om skrivningen her.
Jeg ved også godt at en del vælger at skrive på engelsk, selvom deres hovedsprog er engelsk - respekt for det, men sådan har jeg det ikke.
Resume:
I have an objection against the Danish forum being mainly in English. I think it can work as a deterrent for people not well versed in English. Furthermore, I would very much like to converse in Danish with my fellow Danish scribblers.
All the best
Jesper
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Nov 3, 2009 - 09 31
Hej Elskede :-)
Sorry, given your user name I couldn't resist.
Well, I'm late for the party, but just in time for Nanowrimo, so I guess I'll have to be better prepared next year. Not to worry about the limited Danish, your writing sounds just like my english ex-pat friend Stuart :-)
I'd suggest a pragmatic approach to the language issue. Any topics containing general information we try to be inclusive and help out those who aren't native danish speakers. But given that this is about writing, and thus also about language and perhaps sometimes about some very subtle issues regarding our own language we ask those who speak English (or another language) to bear with us when we slip into our own tongue. We promise not to talk about you behind your backs :-)
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Jeg foreslår at vi er pragmatiske. Hvis vi holder den "officielle" del af snakken på engelsk eller i to sprog så alle kan være med, så bør det være muligt at dykke ned i rent danske emner når vi kommer til at snakke om noget der er specifik med hensyn til sprog.
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Nov 3, 2009 - 09 57
Hej Elskede :-)
Sorry, given your user name I couldn't resist.
Well, I'm late for the party, but just in time for Nanowrimo, so I guess I'll have to be better prepared next year. Not to worry about the limited Danish, your writing sounds just like my english ex-pat friend Stuart :-)
I'd suggest a pragmatic approach to the language issue. Any topics containing general information we try to be inclusive and help out those who aren't native danish speakers. But given that this is about writing, and thus also about language and perhaps sometimes about some very subtle issues regarding our own language we ask those who speak English (or another language) to bear with us when we slip into our own tongue. We promise not to talk about you behind your backs :-)
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Jeg foreslår at vi er pragmatiske. Hvis vi holder den "officielle" del af snakken på engelsk eller i to sprog så alle kan være med, så bør det være muligt at dykke ned i rent danske emner når vi kommer til at snakke om noget der er specifik med hensyn til sprog.
Heh heh, ja, jeg forstår om "elskede"
ELSKEDE
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ML for Denmark
Lover of good wine, chocolate truffles and NaNoWriMo
28,356 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 21 41
Hej,
Det er bestemt ikke let for mig at skrive paa godt dansk, da jeg naesten aldrig bruger det mere. Der alt formeget amerikanskt gramatik og laaneord der flyder ind uopdaget... Men jeg syntes da ogsaa, at hvis det er Forum Danmark, skal det naesten skrives paa dansk (eller et forsog derpaa). Min dansk laerer i realskolen var aldrig tilfreds med mine stile fra et gramatisk standpunkt, men kunne godt lide mine historier og min fantasi. Det er ogsaa godt at jeg som voksen nu skriver flydende paa engelsk, istedet for paa dansk, da det er muligt at jeg ingen gang ville forstaa hvad jeg skrev.....
Akpolarmom
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