What's wrong with Denmark?

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What's wrong with Denmark?

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I was listening to some geezer on the radio this weekend as I was twiddling the dial. I caught him saying: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." before I got bored and stuck a McGoldrick CD on.

But it's been bugging me ever since. What's up with Denmark?
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The line is a quote from Hamlet, and I think it's used as an idiom now. In idiomatic use, I always gathered it to be a reference to something unpleasant and as yet (partially?) unidentified. No actual relation to Denmark.
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I thought Denmark was a lovely place. And the people are lovely too - at least all the ones i met were.
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Ah, don't get me started on Denmark :lol:

Nah, just kidding, it's a nice country with nice people. They speak very funny, I'd try to explain but for fear of upsetting some of our neigbours to the south who happen to be members here I'll refrain from doing that :)
I'm sure they think we speak very strange as well.
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They have some great football players... :P


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dubhlinn wrote:They have some great football players... :P
So do we Slan :evil:
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Never mind.
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Cranberry wrote:They can't talk.
Okay, I can't resist saying this anymore. Danish is what you get if you put a raw potato in your mouth and try to speak Swedish :P
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Henke wrote:Danish is what you get if you put a raw potato in your mouth and try to speak Swedish :P
What would you get if you cooked the potato?
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Jeff Stallard wrote:
Henke wrote:Danish is what you get if you put a raw potato in your mouth and try to speak Swedish :P
What would you get if you cooked the potato?
Norwegian?
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Jeff Stallard wrote:
Henke wrote:Danish is what you get if you put a raw potato in your mouth and try to speak Swedish :P
What would you get if you cooked the potato?
You would get Skåne dialect which is the southernmost part of Sweden, we commonly refer to them as half-Danes :D
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Henke wrote:
Jeff Stallard wrote:
Henke wrote:Danish is what you get if you put a raw potato in your mouth and try to speak Swedish :P
What would you get if you cooked the potato?
You would get Skåne dialect which is the southernmost part of Sweden, we commonly refer to them as half-Danes :D
I've heard of that before.
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Cranberry wrote:
Henke wrote:
Jeff Stallard wrote: What would you get if you cooked the potato?
You would get Skåne dialect which is the southernmost part of Sweden, we commonly refer to them as half-Danes :D
I've heard of that before.
Well, it is common knowledge :P
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Henke wrote:
Cranberry wrote:
Henke wrote: You would get Skåne dialect which is the southernmost part of Sweden, we commonly refer to them as half-Danes :D
I've heard of that before.
Well, it is common knowledge :P
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