Q and A with an American living in Denmark (Part 1) / Expat Life in Denmark
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- Опубліковано 12 лип 2024
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Hi! I'm Kelly, an American living in a small town on Denmark's peninsula. In this video I answer some of your questions about my life as an expat in northern Europe. Learn more about me and about I see Denmark from the eyes of a foreigner!
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To be fair … danes doesn’t just speak gibberish when foreigners are around.
We do it all the time. Also when a new danish member is introduced into a group of people who have existing relations in between. We tend to “forget” those who have absolutely no idea of what’s being discussed. 😉
Not because of rudeness or anything. But more of … you know … “ wanna understand? Learn the lingo!” kinda thing.
Some of our schools in Washington State are switching to the European model. We’ve actually had art-only high schools here since the 90s. In the last 10 years, the middle school you go to preps you for which high school-so if your kid is into science, there are 2-3 middle schools that they’ll have to go to in order to go to the science high school. The city where I live has one of the few IB high schools on the west coast.
Hej Kelly,
Mange tak for the nice video.
I noticed as well in my travels to Denmark, that many citizens take pride in their properties. I also see that a lot of people in DK grow and maintain hedges around their land.
With my limited knowledge of the Danish language, I believe that I speak with a fair amount of dialect.
@@Primrose_CraftedLife Thanks for your feedback. I'm not sure about the country side, rural area. But, when I looked at the amount of hedges grown in town and city suburbs (related to houses in DK) they were there in abundance. Way, way more than you would see in the suburbs of Southern Ontario.
@@Primrose_CraftedLife My guess is that many Danes plant hedges as a natural border between properties. It is a way of maintaining some privacy among neighbours. It does take a fair amount of work to keep the hedges in pristine condition. :)
22:27 My sister's daughter got a boyfriend in London.
When they got a child, we were invited to the baptism.
We Danes were in almost the same situation: His family would only speak English and only among themselves.
His father gave us an apology, as he saw we were left out.
They did not like to talk with us, due to our English was so bad.
He could see it was rude, as our English was better than their Danish.
That was so rude 😡. I hate things like that.
@@hamborg2 To make things more strange; it was her idea to get the child baptized. Not that our family is particularly religious, but more as a tradition we do such Church rituals. His family had never done such. Thus she thought it would most likely only be the danish friends and family who would attend, so the Danish Church in London was where the baptism took place; danish speaking ceremony.
However, much to everyone's surprise, most of his family did show up as well.
You don't expect the English to be able to speak Danish, do you?
What a great channel and videos...I was in DK four times and at every party or event all Danes just spoke Danish to each other and no one really cared speaking to me in English. Also Danes don't really cared and not ever interested that I was from Canada. Great videos,
I have lived in the US for nearly 60 years and one thing I noticed about the Anglo culture is that people know that is very rude to speak in a language that a 3d person doesn't understand and they go out of their way to make you feel included. They do it by translating some of the interactionfor the 3d person. I love and appreciate this habit and have seen it in other countries where Americans are present.
love ur videos lol
Hey Kelly...great video 👍I would like to know: what prompted you to start a youtube channel?
i would love to know how highschool in america works compared to the danish education system! As a dane i always get confused if highschool is the same as a danish gymnasium or not. luv ur vids!
I’m a teacher and my most recent experience is in Washington State. I made a separate post on that here.
I graduated high school in the Southeast USA in a farming community. We had 3 tracks: vocational (carpenter and bricklayer), office work (typing, shorthand, bookkeeping), and then you took French if you wanted to go to college.
Our book reports were 13 page fully footnoted and referenced mini-theses. I was shocked to find out city high schools were not so stringent.
From what I’ve seen, that’s reversed now. We’ve had a horrid impact from George Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act from 20 years ago. Our literacy rate in the US is now down to 78%.
Hey! You can’t leave us hanging! What is your definition of a nerd, and what do you think the Danish definition is? :)
Nerd is not used that often. It’s Geek 👍
@@hamborg2 I’m pretty sure she said nerd, not geek
If ur feeling some sickness comming carve up 2-3 garlic cloves and swallow them pill style with water. Dont use meds if you dont need it.
The alone in a group thing happens to danes too, once i had a group of friends ALL they talked about was tractors and farming, and i have ABSOLUTLY no interest in that, so i always felt kinda alone when i was with them. But thx for pointing it out, it is proberly something we can be better at.
KUDOS to your hubby for getting rid of the wall paper... that is not a fun project! 👍
True, speaking only Danish when a foreigner is part of a get-together is rude! (It can be shyness sometimes though). I have an American in my family (he speaks quite fluent Danish by now) and the first few years we talked a lot with him in English. Now I only speak Danish when talking to him; he has to practice the language after all.
Hi from Tennessee! Do you enjoy speaking German when you visit Germany?
Really Want to know the High School stuff! ☺️
Actually it would be nice if you could tell us about the whole school system from kindergarten to uni. Slowly. And what's the exact difference between a college and a uni? Is college just for bachelor degrees and are those regarded as 'full/real' degrees?
@Finn Ekberg Christiansen
Traditionally, the technical distinction has been that colleges only offer 2 or 4 year degrees, and universities offer postgraduate 5+ year masters and doctorates. In everyday speech, however, most Americans simply refer to any form of postsecondary education as "college". It is less formal, and also quicker and easier to say. We often seem to be in a hurry, and will pick a 2-syllable word over a 5-syllable one. :)
Moved to Denmark recently from the US and I can totally relate to everything that you explained. 😊
Do you like it here? and what is your favorite thing so far?
Regarding your neighbor: if he's 70+ there is a chance he was afraid you would talk to him, or he would have to talk to you if he said hi. Everybody would have known that you were speaking english. If he's older, there's is a good chance that he can't. So maybe he was trying to save face?
Agee 😊👍
@@Primrose_CraftedLife my mother is born in 1949. There was absolutely no English class back then 😂. She is very upgoing though 😍.
I can't understand that. My parents were born in 1940/1946 and both are excellent in English. They both attended public schools.
I was wondering can you do a video about the accessibility and the housing for people who are blind and physically disabled because I am curious cause I’m researching a lot of that in many countries in the north of Europe and I have kind of briefly looked at Sweden
;-)) Love
One question 👆🏻. Your left eye have a very rare mistake. On Danish “ Bygningsfejl “ . On English it’s must be like “ construction fuckup”. 😂.
But it’s so cool, I really like it.
In fact, I have only seen this once before. On af picture of that English lost girl Maddie. She had the same thing.😊
11:11
Sønderjysk
What’s the difference between nerds in US and DK?
@@Primrose_CraftedLife There's a difference?! I thought geek was a condescending synonym for nerd?
You've met a lot of rude Danes. I can't forget when you told about the runners in your town that you wanted to join. And now you told about the party where nobody spoke English. When I've attended social gatherings with just one English-speaker we've all decided that English is the language of the evening.
Pretty rude of you to require everyone to speak a foreign language all the time.
Much better...., relax in your schoulders and just be your self
Haha good start learning "sønderjysk" (insert irony)
If your husband taught you Sønderjysk then he was pulling you leg. No matter what he says! Good prank though! (I'm from Sønderjylland (Jutland/Southern Denmark for non-Danes) myself.)
You dont have a hedge in front of your house? No wonder the neighbour looked at you funny. What kind of exhibitionist are you? LOL
😀 Just don't feed them milk as we did. That's NOT good for them!
Kelly, I forgot to mention that your videos are great. They include information that otherwise we wouldn't have. They seem to be getting better all the time. Thanks.
I feel wery sad about that party, and your first Christmas. That nobody talk to you for so long. I don’t understand that at all😔. Your husbond was a idiot, just talking Danish, that is so wrong. I lived 10 years in Norway, and every Christmas i had an Julefrokost for some family and frends. Last time it was 15 people from Denmark, Norway, Germany, Sweden and Russia😍. If somebody tells a joke, ore some funny things, on Danish or Norwegian, we translate that, or even telling the same story on English😊😊👍.
No one is left behind 🇩🇰😊
When I first met my "in law's" in Thy it was Christmas, they and an uncle spoke their local dialect.... I think I know the feeling about celebrating Christmas with people who speak another language that you don't understand.... Now 33 years later I can understand them :-D
Please dont reffer to Denmark as "dk". I know you call your country US but calling Denmark "dk" sounds strange
Must've been hard for an american, to walk into a depressing, boring danish church....
Not quite sure I understand what you mean by boring. Everything that is different is interesting to me. I have been to churches that were in mini malls in the USA. Danish churches are much more interesting.
For people who observe hygge, it isn't very hygge to speak Danish and not try to include a guest. Not nice and does not invite hygge feelings. I'd hate that. We're your kids miserable? If you had a rough time, I wonder if they did too.