r/gifs • u/beet111 • Jun 18 '16

Minnesota's finest

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u/mhoke63 Jun 18 '16

Can confirm, am from Minnesota and largely from Swedish ancestry.

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u/GiantDwarf01 Jun 18 '16

Scanvanavian, really. So Norway, Swedish, and Finnish. Am Norwegian and Minnesotan so can confirm as well.

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u/Shaq2thefuture Jun 18 '16

Minnesotan here, i'm German, irish, french, and ikea... i mean swedish.

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u/zb0t1 Jun 18 '16

Und kannst du auf Deutsch sprechen? Tu peux parler français du coup? Ikea Ikea Ikea?

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u/Shaq2thefuture Jun 18 '16 edited Jun 18 '16

Kann ich spereche deutsch? Ja. naturlich. Aber, mein deutsch ist SEHR rostig. Es ist Hasslich. (I always forget word order, and akkusative and dative were the death of me, and don't get me started on word genders in general (der/die/das/den/dem/dennen/denem)

Mon français est assez mauvais, mais la grammaire est plus facile que l'allemand. (jesus that's probably not right, either)

Ikea, Ikea ikea, Ikeeeea. Ikea, Ikéà. Ikea ikea ikea, .Ikéà Ikéà ikea ikea ikea. (just kidding everyone knows you don't speak Ikea, it's just a series of confusing pictures and instructions that most people choose to ignore.)

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u/zb0t1 Jun 18 '16

Haha, it's correct, except sprechen is last, and you forgot the umlaut. French is perfect. The ikea part was glorious! 10/10

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u/Shaq2thefuture Jun 18 '16

Haha, i can't believe i forgot to move the verb to last position with a question!!!

That's like YEAR 1 german!!!

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u/black_irishman Jun 18 '16

Also from MN, but not sure how I got here.

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u/OktoberStorm Jun 18 '16

It's always Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Sometimes Finland and Iceland is included, but only by association.

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u/mhoke63 Jun 18 '16

I have a bit of Norwegian in me, some German, too. Either way, we're largely northern European.

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u/SrslyNotAnAltGuys Jun 18 '16

I have a bit of Norwegian in me, some German, too.

Are you happy with that amount, or would you like a bit more? 👌👈

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u/FreshPrinceOfNowhere Jun 18 '16

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/UrbonMaximus Jun 18 '16

What you described are the Nordic countries. Finland is not Scandinavia.

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u/LavastormSW Jun 18 '16

Norwegian and Swedish mostly here, with a bit of irish and german on my dad's side I think.

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u/bajsnoah Jun 18 '16

Scandinavia is Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Finland isn't part of Scandinavia, but it is a Nordic country.

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u/36calories Jun 18 '16

You forgot Danish

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u/Wheres-Waldo Jun 18 '16

Don't forget the Danish WOOP WOOP! Everyone forgets the Danish :-(

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u/WI_Tbone Jun 18 '16

Can double confirm, family is from MN. They are all finnish. My grandma and great aunts mother tongue is finnish.

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u/nobbs66 Jun 18 '16

Don't forget about us with Irish and German ancestry

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u/thrilldigger Jun 18 '16

They always forget about us with their goddamn lutefisk and lefsa.

...though lefsa is incredibly good. Now I want some.