Great observation. He was dooing this show in Norway for years. Then the Swedes started paying him like eight years back or something to make the show in Stockholm. So he expanded to swedish TV as well as Norwegian, and became a media favorite in Sweden as well. Then he moved Studio to London a couple of years, and now New York City. He has had all sorts of people on, Barack Obama, Desmond Tutu, Bruce Springsteen. All sorts of celebs.
he's got a ego as big as the sun!.. and thats one of the biggest reasons metallica has lasted as long as they have, he's a clever guy no question about that.. he's passion and drive is tenacious, the guy never had a professional drum lesson in his life and created the biggest metal band on the planet... thats impressive, i used to be a drummer and yea his timing is not the best but in all fairness metallica never was about that.. metallica was always about being raw strait out the garage and go for it.. 90% of the haters are a bit simple tbh and dont know a fat lot...
With playing drums all the time, listening to Lars talk about Metallica makes me want to thrash even more. He's always been my main inspiration and I'd have a priceless reaction if I was able to meet him.
Lovely intervew and have been a Metallica fan ever since the beginning of 90 🎸🥁🎤🤘🏻🇩🇰 I am very proud as a Dane over Lars just as formed the band. 🙏🏻 Also wish James Hetfield good recovery with his treatment for relapse of Alcohol Abuse 🙏🏻 Get better soon. Greetings from Denmark.
@@Griz75 There was a famous clip from "Some Kind Of Monster" from ten-fifthty years ago where Bob Rock comes to listen to some of the stuff where the band was working on and they saw Rock standing over the mixing desk and he didn't look too pleased and then Lars asked his father "What do you think of this music" and then there was a long long long pause and Bob Rock goes "I would delete that."
@@heinrichvolke7683 Lol, yeah if they are like 2 years old when they immigrate, but Lars was like about 14 or something. And plus what else would he speak to his parents?
Cool. Lars is cool. And a great drummer! And still speaks Danish. So he's smart as well. And (was) a great tennis player. That's cool. That's Lars.THE GREAT DRUMMER!!🤘🏼🖤💛
@@jonatansmusic Dude, have you ever seen Lars Ulrich in his prime? He was UNDENIABLY good back then - their Metal Hammer Festival show in 1985 is a good example of that, and he is also super-tight in the video "Metallica: Master of Puppets (Live at the Roskilde Festival) ".
@@lw1529 Us Norwegians can understand about 70% danish. Sjælland-Danish is prob the easiest to pick up on. And we understand about 90% Swedish I'd say. Skåne-accent is a bit hard to understand :-)
When I was watching The Jimmy Kimmel Show, He, James Hetfield, , Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo were talking to Jimmy about Cliff Burton and Jason Newstead and they also were talking about Chester Do you remember that?
Lars has always been comfy being himself thats why people hate on him because hes unapologetically Larsy its only now that hes older and calmer that people realise how great he is and how interesting he is but hes been that way the whole time but with ADHD :P
uhuh, thats it, it has nothing to do with him saying people are taking food from his kids mouths by pirating when he's got millions....... too bad they lost the awesome drive they had after And Justice For All
I like how subtle Lars is to the fact that playing live these days, wears him and the band the fuck out and is probably the reason why he can't properly do dbass chops anymore. Most people don't know that he's half deaf due to Tinnitus. I'm sure he'd love to be in his 20's and 30's again. The guy was at his peak and could nail all his parts near perfect or even better than the studio versions. It's a damn shame these guys are getting older. Even ol' Dave Mustaine is having a rough trip with his health. Dude had neck surgery and its fucked up his voice quite a bit and his movements are so ridgid, while onstage.
I think one of the most metal things you can do is admit when you need help and someone to really talk to. Countless other bands could have benefited from this. Js.
He didn't hate "St. Anger". He disliked one of the tracks from when they were recording at the Presidio in 2001. To be honest all of it was a bumbling mess. All those tracks either got dropped or re-written into new songs for "St. Anger".
i am very glad to hear that Lars does not smack his tongue and lips much when he speaks..or at least he didn't here. I think maybe enough people gave him shit on social media that he made an effort to become aware of it and stop. It's much easier to listen to him these days. for about a decade or more, i just couldn't stand listening to him work in sentences around all the focking lip smacking. kudos, Lars!
I'd love to see Lars as a sports coach. "Ummmm.....you know like....ummmm...how can I say....we need to like tork about your on field performance...lets say...ummm...ohhh this is tough....it's just that...ummm....what i'm trying to say is that your performance is a little stock."
There was a famous clip from that Metallica documentary film, "Some Kind Of Monster" from ten-fifthty years ago where Bob Rock comes to listen to some of the stuff where the band was working on and they saw Bob standing over the mixing desk and he didn't look too pleased and then Lars asked Rock what he thinks of this music. Then there was long long long pause and Bob says "I would delete that." It was very funny.
There was a famous clip from that Metallica documentary movie, Some Kind Of Monster where Bob Rock comes to listen to some of the stuff where the band was working on and they saw Bob Rock standing over the mixing desk and he didn't look too pleased and then Lars asked Rock what he thinks of this music and there was a long long long pause and Bob Rock goes, "I would delete that." It was funny.
Well... They might be a sports team. They're the Washington Capitals. Winning all sorta cool stuff. Megadeth are the Pittsburgh Penguins. Taking home championships :)
2hr show ....I do a 4 hr show & am 54 & do NOT eat the healthy food or have anyone for a massage and also load our gear & set it up. When we do a gig,its uually a 6 hour event when its all said & done. Afterwards Im wiped out . Just sayin Lars' 2 hr show isnt so bad,go cool off,sit in the limo,head to the hotel & sleep 8 hrs & call fo room service haha
Im Dutch and I can clearly hear the L in there, seems like an English language thing where there is way more accent on the pronuncation of the letter L. Not the case in Scandinavian or Dutch. The German L is closer to the English L.
I may be making a lot of fuzz for such a (to some people) minuscule/insignificant problem - some would probably say I blowing it out of proportion, but to start off by contradicting myself in fear of being misunderstood or having an unfortunate language barrier to make matters worse, I reluctantly have to formulate this in english despite being highly against it of reasons I'm about to elaborate now: To be honest, as a dane, and thereby a proud scandinavian I find it a bit sad, well even disrespectful if I may be so frank, that two Scandinavians have to resort to conversing in english with each other on the false pretense that danish is just gibberish that can't be understood/comprehended and thus being unprocurable in communicating properly - "too much would be lost in translation" I presume is the main reason. I imagine that often most do just prefer the lazy/easy way by switching to English to avoid all the hassle of dealing with listening to danish. Here is my criticism directed solely at the Norwegian host, Fredrik Skavlan, since he ultimately took the decision to switch over to english and has done so in every other interview I have encountered with danish guests. This is something I have noticed that Skavlan (even as the biggest talkshow in the nordic countries) in particular have failed at or neglected whenever a danish would appear on the show. I get that danish is a tad, not to say very challenging for norwegians and swedes to understand but still, at least make an effort - an attempt at the minimum. In general danes have little to no difficulty understanding written and even spoken norwegian, swedish though, is a different story, but the scanian dialect is of obvious (geographical/historical) reasons easier for danes to understand. I find it a little lack of respect on behalf of the danish people that swedes and norwegians in an almost passive underlying way seems to be alienating Denmark as a "foreign nation" in relation to the scandinavian culture and unity and in this context especially the danish language. You know, Denmark being continental and all as to the "real" scandinavian countries on the the scandinavian peninsula. Furthermore as said before, language is a huge part of our shared scandinavian/nordic culture and history, including the danish language equally as norwegian and swedish. But excluding a member from the group, sorta speak in this case Denmark, is just plain wrong and certainly not very brotherly, not something you would expect from your fellow Scandinavians. I know I come off as a butthurt, ranting dane, that's overdramatizing a trivial subject, but that still doesn't change the point I'm trying to emphasize and the underlying problem within. All the scandinavian languages have their roots in old norse, and it's "only" the pronunciation that our neighbors from north the struggle to understand, if not even mocking or ridiculing the danish language - albeit I must admit, mostly in a loving/humorous way. To sum it up: Look let me be clear, I don't expect nor demand Norwegians or swedes to fully understand danish, but by all that's holy have the decency and respect to give it a shot at the least. Before anyone points it out, yes I'm also fully aware and frustrated by the lack of commitment and effort that danes show in learning or communicating in the other scandinavian languages, but it still doesn't change my point. I'm very disappointed indeed about my fellow scandinavian brethren.. come on guys.. It just come off as rude and arrogant to be brutally honest.
This host is lot better than the typical American host. He doesn't try to make obnoxious jokes and lets Lars give full answers.
Great observation. He was dooing this show in Norway for years. Then the Swedes started paying him like eight years back or something to make the show in Stockholm. So he expanded to swedish TV as well as Norwegian, and became a media favorite in Sweden as well.
Then he moved Studio to London a couple of years, and now New York City.
He has had all sorts of people on, Barack Obama, Desmond Tutu, Bruce Springsteen. All sorts of celebs.
nice... he's very good!
He's a Norwegian tv host, he is probably one of the biggest talkshow hosts in europe nowadays.
Yeah, but his questions are awful, check him interviewing bruce dickinson you'll see what i mean.
It’s the Nordic way :)
I absolutely love Lars
Me too♥
6:04 After hearing that I couldn't help myself and immediately imagined Lars saying "He fawkin' left the band!" Haha I love this guy
Just the another calm version of that. 😂😂😂
Awesome interview. Love hearing from Lars. Super classy, mature, and respectful in his later years. Thanks for posting this! \m/
It's so refreshing not hearing someone bitch about him. A sigh of relief. :D
He's a very intelligent, articulate man. Not enough people give him credit.
he's got a ego as big as the sun!.. and thats one of the biggest reasons metallica has lasted as long as they have, he's a clever guy no question about that.. he's passion and drive is tenacious, the guy never had a professional drum lesson in his life and created the biggest metal band on the planet... thats impressive, i used to be a drummer and yea his timing is not the best but in all fairness metallica never was about that.. metallica was always about being raw strait out the garage and go for it.. 90% of the haters are a bit simple tbh and dont know a fat lot...
LOL!!!
Yeah, mature is the word i search on special videosites
Lars is such a sweetheart! How are these great men so humble? I just love Metallica!
With playing drums all the time, listening to Lars talk about Metallica makes me want to thrash even more. He's always been my main inspiration and I'd have a priceless reaction if I was able to meet him.
Lovely intervew and have been a Metallica fan ever since the beginning of 90 🎸🥁🎤🤘🏻🇩🇰 I am very proud as a Dane over Lars just as formed the band. 🙏🏻 Also wish James Hetfield good recovery with his treatment for relapse of Alcohol Abuse 🙏🏻 Get better soon. Greetings from Denmark.
Great interview and perhaps a rare glimpse at the real Lars
Hahaha Lars is life. I always enjoyed this show. Awesome. I hope 'Tallica will grace us making like another 3-4 studio albums before retirement.
Respectful interview from a cool music guy, writer, semi-producer etc. sniff sniff.
He was doing a Trump impersonation. {:-p
So many nights spent in my room air drumming to Metallica. Wait, I still do that. \m/
So you're not a very good drummer then
@@tt55899 idk. I've been told I'm "the blackest white man ever." #getrhythm
@@Griz75 There was a famous clip from "Some Kind Of Monster" from ten-fifthty years ago where Bob Rock comes to listen to some of the stuff where the band was working on and they saw Rock standing over the mixing desk and he didn't look too pleased and then Lars asked his father "What do you think of this music" and then there was a long long long pause and Bob Rock goes "I would delete that."
@@jellyh6545 Thats was Torben wasn't it
Everyone hates Lars but he's so down to earth and humble
He speaks the truth without sugarcoating. That's why he's legit in my book
A norwegian guy talking to a danish guy on a swedish show. what is going on
2019
Its a Norwegian show i think
Is your profile pic from harry potter for ps1 or someshit lmao
its a norwegian show the host is from norway
@@sebben3233 no its swedish teh nationality of the host shouldn't matter. Also if you see skavlan there are mostly swedish guests
the most angry band in the 80's is today the most full of love. Long live Metallica
Megadeth is the most angry band in the 80s their entire band was pretty much created out of hatred
Guns N Roses was angrier
@@oharryc guns and roumors
@@lamberto4332 *lars laughing histerically*
Indeed
The only host who pronounced his name correctly!
im danish, he didn’t say it right
Great interview with lars..:)
its very nice that Lars still can speak his own language. respect
Why wouldnt he?
Many people lose their heritage upon immigration
@@heinrichvolke7683 Lol, yeah if they are like 2 years old when they immigrate, but Lars was like about 14 or something. And plus what else would he speak to his parents?
Like damn it's a joke, chill yer bones.
@@gantonstepfire3716 how is that a joke? Where is the punchline
The dude is underrated
Great interview! Really cool to hear such vulnerability from a huge star.
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What a great interview
lars is GREAT,period
Loved this band for almost 40 years now. Unbelievable how fast this life moves.
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Realy nice man.
Cool. Lars is cool. And a great drummer! And still speaks Danish. So he's smart as well. And (was) a great tennis player. That's cool. That's Lars.THE GREAT DRUMMER!!🤘🏼🖤💛
Only the hardcore Metallica fans found this
Dareion Butler nope, actually a really popular talkshow in scandinavia
Im a hardcore Megadeth fan and YT still gave me this as recommended :D
Dareion Butler saw my mother watching this last week lol.
Dareion Butler I saw it on tv when it aired
Or a norwegian dude watching tv every friday..
There would be no Metallica if Lars decided to follow his father's profession.
exactly hate him or not lars and james are mainly metallica
icexplura why do people hate him?
@@TroyanMarshall Cuz he cant play the drums
Also there would be no ride the lightning...
@@jonatansmusic Dude, have you ever seen Lars Ulrich in his prime?
He was UNDENIABLY good back then - their Metal Hammer Festival show in 1985 is a good example of that, and he is also super-tight in the video "Metallica: Master of Puppets (Live at the Roskilde Festival)
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love this !
Love him or hate him, that was a great interview with Lars
haha så kul när man är den enda som begriper
music,sport and good loving father dream childhood
Once Metallica is on stage, they still kick asses. Still one of the best or THE BEST live band on the planet. Great songs and they love to play it.
Fav drummer of all time!!!Dave Grohl is a close second tho but he still can't get close to Lars in sheer talent! Thank you for this post!!!
Now, that's an interview!!!
Came here from,
Natholdet, guest, Lars Ulrik,
Christoffer Fartman playing, One, after playing Happy Birthday for Lars son
Great 🇩🇰
Legendary drummer
legendary what? :D
Yes, best drummer of all time.
Legendary businessman who impersonates a drummer.
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My favorite member of Metallica to watch talk and give interviews. Always intelligent, with a little humor and attitude.
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It’s pretty interesting how he still has a slightly danish accent in his English xD (not complaining)
Linda Jürgensen slightly? His english voice and accent sounds exactly like his danish.
@@larsulrock9017
Most danes does not speak as good English as Lars
XiL that has nothing to do with what I said
@@lw1529 Us Norwegians can understand about 70% danish. Sjælland-Danish is prob the easiest to pick up on.
And we understand about 90% Swedish I'd say.
Skåne-accent is a bit hard to understand :-)
XiL i probably understand 99.9% of all danish and about 80% swedish. (I’m norwegian too btw)
lars♡♡ from korea fan
Ohh Yeah!!
Hardwired is better than wireless.
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I once said hello to him in a town and shaked hands.. But i have never seen them play live, thou. ;)
Me gustaría que estás entrevistas estuvieran traducidas ya que mi inglés no es tan bueno y me cuesta entender
lars is so classy now, nice.
Lars is life
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Larser than life.
I have the same breaking point as him! I hate it, when people and things are slow and nothing gets done!
His dad, Torben is an awesome human.
When I was watching The Jimmy Kimmel Show, He, James Hetfield, , Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo were talking to Jimmy about Cliff Burton and Jason Newstead and they also were talking about Chester Do you remember that?
Very intelligent
Protein shakes and tea. Rock n roll! :D
Haha! xD
Lars sits in on the Maria Montazami and David Blaine clips as well. He is really funny there :)
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Tbh, we all crap on Lars for being the Ringo of metal but fr, is one of the coolest people in all of music \m/ rock on Lars! \m/
Ringo is an amazing drummer, no way you can compare them
0:04 Guy: (speaking in a Swedish language)
Lars: (arrives)
its always hard to watch lars speak.... love to watch him drumming
Eg liker dansk og Metallica min favoritt band og trommis 👍
"delete that" classic
Daniel Alm period exclamation point
I love metallica
You can really hear the accent coming back
I like Lars a lot.
Seems Lars is finally comfortable in his own skin.
Lars has always been comfy being himself thats why people hate on him because hes unapologetically Larsy its only now that hes older and calmer that people realise how great he is and how interesting he is but hes been that way the whole time but with ADHD :P
uhuh, thats it, it has nothing to do with him saying people are taking food from his kids mouths by pirating when he's got millions....... too bad they lost the awesome drive they had after And Justice For All
Mark Avery get over it
nothing to get over, obviously you love the man, I was just responding to your comment on why people hate him
Mark Avery i do love him XD theres not many famous people i like but hes one of the best
Man lars’s dad knows what’s up, he could’ve put a stop to st anger
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I like how subtle Lars is to the fact that playing live these days, wears him and the band the fuck out and is probably the reason why he can't properly do dbass chops anymore. Most people don't know that he's half deaf due to Tinnitus. I'm sure he'd love to be in his 20's and 30's again. The guy was at his peak and could nail all his parts near perfect or even better than the studio versions. It's a damn shame these guys are getting older.
Even ol' Dave Mustaine is having a rough trip with his health. Dude had neck surgery and its fucked up his voice quite a bit and his movements are so ridgid, while onstage.
Our bass player, Jason… FOCKIN’ LEFT THA BAYAND!
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cool interview this might be an unpopular opinion but i think lars got more restrained with age
agreed
subtitulo en español!!!!!!!!!
I think one of the most metal things you can do is admit when you need help and someone to really talk to. Countless other bands could have benefited from this. Js.
HE LEFT THE FOCKIN BAND
0:04
Drum fill, Lars.
So Lars is correctly pronounced "Larjzh?" You learn something every day.
Larsch
Lasse
Its pronounced like that in eastern Norwegian and Swedish. The host is eastern norwegian
Actually the letter "r" is not pronounced, it would be something like "Lass"
What about Napster?
det nye album er fantæstisk
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where is the st angers snare?
juan esteban orjuela marin In your head?
Left in 2003.
4:45
Why they move from danemark
What is he saying at 4:45? I think should give him privacy?
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Damn, even Lars' father hated St. Anger...
He didn't hate "St. Anger". He disliked one of the tracks from when they were recording at the Presidio in 2001. To be honest all of it was a bumbling mess. All those tracks either got dropped or re-written into new songs for "St. Anger".
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i am very glad to hear that Lars does not smack his tongue and lips much when he speaks..or at least he didn't here. I think maybe enough people gave him shit on social media that he made an effort to become aware of it and stop. It's much easier to listen to him these days. for about a decade or more, i just couldn't stand listening to him work in sentences around all the focking lip smacking. kudos, Lars!
Never seen him not either eating or playing
Well perhaps he would be like Andre Agassi or may be some sort of Bjorn Dalen. XD
metalijoke or selloutica or sueownfansica or toolsofthemusicindustryica.
I'd love to see Lars as a sports coach. "Ummmm.....you know like....ummmm...how can I say....we need to like tork about your on field performance...lets say...ummm...ohhh this is tough....it's just that...ummm....what i'm trying to say is that your performance is a little stock."
0:04
Skavlan: (speaking Norwegen or Swedish) ????? Hardwired To Self Destruct ???? Lars Ulrich.
Lars: (arrives)
There was a famous clip from that Metallica documentary film, "Some Kind Of Monster" from ten-fifthty years ago where Bob Rock comes to listen to some of the stuff where the band was working on and they saw Bob standing over the mixing desk and he didn't look too pleased and then Lars asked Rock what he thinks of this music. Then there was long long long pause and Bob says "I would delete that." It was very funny.
Usually teams trade away or release shitty players
There were no shitty players, just shitty ideals that clashed.
0:26 Cha.
There was a famous clip from that Metallica documentary movie, Some Kind Of Monster where Bob Rock comes to listen to some of the stuff where the band was working on and they saw Bob Rock standing over the mixing desk and he didn't look too pleased and then Lars asked Rock what he thinks of this music and there was a long long long pause and Bob Rock goes, "I would delete that." It was funny.
The interviewer though Lars forgot about his danish roots but Lars is very proud Danish man, just living in the US for his business
Man, Brian Johnson is really obsessed with Metallica.
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goog question..to old? yeah imho this should be their last album and then plz go home,,rest...etc
Yes, they are! They run the same play over and over because people keep falling for it.
Well... They might be a sports team.
They're the Washington Capitals. Winning all sorta cool stuff.
Megadeth are the Pittsburgh Penguins. Taking home championships :)
with age
What the? He didn't have the signature toothpick in his mouth for this interview?
Larsh Ullick
eller a, ni fattar
"Still a Danish citizen and traveling on a Danish passport". Guarantee it this guy is a tax Dodger somehow
They have much higher taxes in Denmark than in the USA.
well hopefully he's not a tax Dodger in his own home country LOL
like it would phase him anyways lol
yeah probably he uses his danish passport to open up offshore accounts. He can't do that with a US passport without paying taxes.
Educate yourself about tax and how it is entirely fraudulent. Check out the film zeitgeist addendum.
2hr show ....I do a 4 hr show & am 54 & do NOT eat the healthy food or have anyone for a massage and also load our gear & set it up. When we do a gig,its uually a 6 hour event when its all said & done. Afterwards Im wiped out . Just sayin Lars' 2 hr show isnt so bad,go cool off,sit in the limo,head to the hotel & sleep 8 hrs & call fo room service haha
0:08 Larsh Ürrick?
There's an L in there as well.
So he says "Lars Ulrik"
Im Dutch and I can clearly hear the L in there, seems like an English language thing where there is way more accent on the pronuncation of the letter L. Not the case in Scandinavian or Dutch. The German L is closer to the English L.
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yes ch is pronounced as a k in danish and you miss a L
I may be making a lot of fuzz for such a (to some people) minuscule/insignificant problem - some would probably say I blowing it out of proportion, but to start off by contradicting myself in fear of being misunderstood or having an unfortunate language barrier to make matters worse, I reluctantly have to formulate this in english despite being highly against it of reasons I'm about to elaborate now:
To be honest, as a dane, and thereby a proud scandinavian I find it a bit sad, well even disrespectful if I may be so frank, that two Scandinavians have to resort to conversing in english with each other on the false pretense that danish is just gibberish that can't be understood/comprehended and thus being unprocurable in communicating properly - "too much would be lost in translation" I presume is the main reason. I imagine that often most do just prefer the lazy/easy way by switching to English to avoid all the hassle of dealing with listening to danish.
Here is my criticism directed solely at the Norwegian host, Fredrik Skavlan, since he ultimately took the decision to switch over to english and has done so in every other interview I have encountered with danish guests. This is something I have noticed that Skavlan (even as the biggest talkshow in the nordic countries) in particular have failed at or neglected whenever a danish would appear on the show.
I get that danish is a tad, not to say very challenging for norwegians and swedes to understand but still, at least make an effort - an attempt at the minimum. In general danes have little to no difficulty understanding written and even spoken norwegian, swedish though, is a different story, but the scanian dialect is of obvious (geographical/historical) reasons easier for danes to understand.
I find it a little lack of respect on behalf of the danish people that swedes and norwegians in an almost passive underlying way seems to be alienating Denmark as a "foreign nation" in relation to the scandinavian culture and unity and in this context especially the danish language. You know, Denmark being continental and all as to the "real" scandinavian countries on the the scandinavian peninsula. Furthermore as said before, language is a huge part of our shared scandinavian/nordic culture and history, including the danish language equally as norwegian and swedish. But excluding a member from the group, sorta speak in this case Denmark, is just plain wrong and certainly not very brotherly, not something you would expect from your fellow Scandinavians. I know I come off as a butthurt, ranting dane, that's overdramatizing a trivial subject, but that still doesn't change the point I'm trying to emphasize and the underlying problem within.
All the scandinavian languages have their roots in old norse, and it's "only" the pronunciation that our neighbors from north the struggle to understand, if not even mocking or ridiculing the danish language - albeit I must admit, mostly in a loving/humorous way.
To sum it up:
Look let me be clear, I don't expect nor demand Norwegians or swedes to fully understand danish, but by all that's holy have the decency and respect to give it a shot at the least. Before anyone points it out, yes I'm also fully aware and frustrated by the lack of commitment and effort that danes show in learning or communicating in the other scandinavian languages, but it still doesn't change my point. I'm very disappointed indeed about my fellow scandinavian brethren.. come on guys.. It just come off as rude and arrogant to be brutally honest.
lars is drinking the like he was from england. "thetime"