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> Sundhedsdatanettet

What a tongue twister for non danish speaking people :D



It’s even better when you know that the proper pronunciation is essentially “soondhldlddlnl”

(Source: I speak Danish as a second language. I used to think Georgian was the language with the most consecutive consonants but then I learned how little the Danes respect their vowels so now I know better)



"Why Danish sounds funny" is more informative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI5DPt3Ge_s


In English we would put spaces between parts of a "compound" word.

> Sundheds data nettet

Sund-hed is "sound-ness" (or even "sound-hood"), i.e. health.

> The health data network


Yep. not putting spaces on compound words doesn't twist the tongue but twist the eyes!

Eyetwister


In Norway this is called engelsk orddeling and is a source of gentle amusement, or occasionally outbursts of irritation.

See https://www.diskusjon.no/blogs/entry/878-orddeling-en-engels...




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