Norwegian-American dialects
On this page you will find a few examples of how Norwegian is spoken
in South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The examples 1 - 4 were recorded
between January and May 1987, while the examples 5 - 10 were recorded between
September and December 1992. All the files presented here are in Real Audio
format
IMPORTANT! Microsoft Explorer and Netscape handle RealAudio files
differently, thus I have had some problems writing the script for these
pages. They were originally written for Netscape and for a while they only
worked with that browser. Now I have modified the script in order to make these
pages work with Internet Explorer as well, but I'm not sure if I have solved all
the problems yet. Thus I have made another version of these pages only for
Internet Explorer.
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1.
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Trønder
dialect as spoken in Goodhue County, Minnesota. |
With transcripts. |
Explorer |
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2.
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Trønder
dialect as spoken in Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota. |
With transcripts. |
Explorer |
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3.
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Trønder
dialect as spoken in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. |
With transcripts. |
Explorer |
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4.
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Trønder
dialect as spoken in Minnehahah County, South Dakota. |
With transcripts. |
Explorer |
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5.
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Gudbrandsdal
dialect as spoken in Vernon County, Wisconsin. |
No
transcripts. Same speaker as in example
8 |
Explorer |
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6.
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Gudbrandsdal
dialect as spoken in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. |
With transcripts. |
Explorer |
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7.
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Gudbrandsdal
dialect as spoken in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. |
No
transcripts |
Explorer |
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8.
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Gudbrandsdal
dialect as spoken in Vernon County, Wisconsin. |
With transcripts. |
Explorer |
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9.
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Gudbrandsdal
dialect as spoken in Vernon County, Wisconsin. |
With transcripts. |
Explorer |
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10.
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Gudbrandsdal
dialect as spoken in Vernon County, Wisconsin. |
With transcripts. |
Explorer |
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