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• Rottendanish.com – it's about linguistics, disambiguation and quirky language differences, mostly

  This morning my Danish-American better half uttered in Danish: “Så han blev beskyldt for at lave ting op”. This is a word-by-word, “I am not quite awake”-type direct translation of English that she an...

• English is a Scandinavian language! | Rottendanish.com – it's about linguistics, disambiguation and

  —— Linguist Makes Sensational Claim: English Is a Scandinavian Language Nov. 27, 2012 — “Have you considered how easy it is for us Norwegians to learn English?” asks Jan Terje Faarlund, professor of l...

• Rottendanish.com – it's about linguistics, disambiguation and quirky language differences, mostly

  The original English sentence was: “When you receive an upgrade notification on your mobile device, install it immediately. With every upgrade, providers are closing security gaps which can make your ...

• Context | Rottendanish.com – it's about linguistics, disambiguation and quirky language differences

  Number can do a number on any unsuspecting bi-linguist. In English, the word Number has at least three distinct possible meanings. Since it remains the same word, this is not always apparent to an En...

• Rotten Danish | Rottendanish.com – it's about linguistics, disambiguation and quirky language

  The strange and many meanings of the word “get”: Watching a movie on TV the other night, the plot involved someone saying something very true to someone who was not in the mood to listen to it, so the...

• About this blog | Rottendanish.com – it's about linguistics, disambiguation and quirky language

  About this blog My name is André Perman. This blog is a collection of quirks and amusing things which I’ve come across in my years of work as a Danish Linguist. Working for generally English-speaking...