Norwegian + English = Norlish

Task 1

Norway will one day develop its own form for English: “Norlish”. We are more and more online - Facebook, snapchat, Instagram, we are watching international movies. I do not know about you, but I do not even notice that most of it is not in Norwegian. The Norwegian language are on its way out. I like the Norwegian language and all the different dialects, but we will not be able to hold on it forever, unfortunately. We, the youth that the country soon depends on will take over. We are more international than ever. That will affect our language. It will not go away completely, but we will develop a new language. All the dialects, the Norwegian language will eventually become a mix between English and Norwegian. Most likely, we will not even notice it happening.

For Example: we have the rally driver Petter Solberg. He has developed his own language, a mix between Norwegian and English, and we still understand what he say. At least Norwegians do. Like this phrase: “^1.The rat was loose”, He is a rally driver, not a person with many rats. We understand that he were speaking of the wheel. Already there we have some Norlish, and most countries do not understand much of his English. He has been talking like that for years and “soon” the rest of Norway will too.

I would like to say that we are going to keep all of our dialects, but most likely, we will not. Norway are going through a development where the language will change. The traditions will change. The dialects will change. And it is not much we can do about it.  

Source:

1.      http://www.moisund.com/2010/12/21/petter-solberg-engelsk/