r/norsk • u/dwchandler • Jan 27 '19

Søndagsspørsmål #264 - Sunday Question Thread

This is a weekly post to ask any question that you may not have felt deserved its own post, or have been hesitating to ask for whatever reason. No question too small or silly!

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u/Excrucius A1 Feb 01 '19

I know that bokmål and nynorsk are written languages and cannot be spoken. However, we sometimes 'pronounce' words in our minds when we read text.

When you read, do you 'pronounce' words in your own dialect, regardless of bokmål or nynorsk?

Or do you maybe 'pronounce' bokmål with an østnorsk dialect even if that is not your native dialect (ditto with nynorsk with a Vestlandet dialect)?

If your dialect is something 'close' to the orthography of bokmål, do you change your 'pronunciation' when reading nynorsk (and vice versa)?

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u/RoomRocket Native Speaker Feb 01 '19

When I read nynorsk it's like a man from Sunnmøre talking.

https://youtu.be/oJs0l8_yxL4

Imagine him.

(MøreNytt managed to record the background noise as the main focus and the man as background noise. Good job)

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u/Excrucius A1 Feb 01 '19

But that's not how you normally speak, right?

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u/RoomRocket Native Speaker Feb 01 '19

Ah, no. I speak with a northern dialect.

I guess my inner reading dialect is a mix of mine and østnorsk. When reading out loud I would not change words but sounds and smaller things to fit my dialect.

Example is that I would say "kvit" when written "hvit" and words ending with "ende" with "anes" (værende - væranes). But I wouldn't reformulate ex s-genitive (jentas hus - huset til jenta) even though that's what you use in my dialect.

I'm not sure if that answered your question