u/obelisk134
Little Nordic quiz (Part 2): Can you guess which Nordic countries these stereotypical women's names belong to?
As requested, here is a continuation of yesterday's quiz on Nordic names that just sound stereotypically [insert Nordic country].
Below are four groups with four fairly stereotypical sounding women's names from the given countries (I've left out Finland as the theme is north-Germanic languages).
Let's see if you can instantly recognize which names sound Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.
Group 1.
Ingrid, Tove, Kjerstin, Lotte
Group 2.
Ellen, Mette, Helena, Ditte
Group 3.
Elinborg, Kristina, Sunniva, Liv
Group 4.
Linnea, Birgitta, Lovisa, Frida
Group 5.
Birna, Ingunn, Brynja, Embla
u/obelisk134 — 5 days ago
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Little Nordic quiz: Can you guess which Nordic countries these stereotypical names belong to?
We in the Nordic countries share a lot of old naming traditions, but there are some names that just sound stereotypically [insert Nordic country].
Below are four groups with four fairly stereotypical sounding men's names from the given countries (I've left out Finland as the theme is north-Germanic languages).
Let's see if you can instantly recognize which names sound Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.
Group 1.
Stig, Gustav, Sven, Olof
Group 2.
Snorri, Gunnar, Egill, Trausti
Group 3.
Mads, Lars, Rasmus, Kasper
Group 4.
Ole, Harald, Kjell, Arne
u/obelisk134 — 6 days ago