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jonplacketttoday at 8:07 PM1 replyview on HN

My Swedish friend told me they make the more expensive things to sound more Swedish and the cheaper stuff to sound Norwegian.

Any speakers of either language able to confirm or deny?


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ano-thertoday at 8:15 PM

This article from 2018 claims the same (and that Danish sounding names are rugs and floormats): https://www.worldnomads.com/in-the-news/the-hidden-message-i...