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    1. Re: typing Norwegian characters.
    2. Kelly Petit
    3. Todd Ronning <ronfam@lakenet.com> a écrit dans le message : CrV_5.1325$N84.5633@newsfeed.slurp.net... > Cool...........thanks. > > Whats the difference between "Bokmal" and "Nynorsk"? > > Todd Ronning > Two Harbors, Minnesota > 'Bokmål' is the main language in Norway today (ab. 80 % of the population) inherited from the 400 years we were under Denmark. 'Nynorsk' is what is left of the Old Norwegian language and the 'father' is Ivar Aasen who traveled around in Norway and 'collected' dialects to write a grammar of this language (beautiful!). They are both official languages today and are getting closer to each other. kelly

    12/17/2000 01:32:43