How should I pronounce my last name? Supposedly, my last name is Danish. It's rare enough that every single person with this last name is somebody I know, except for when Google finds some weirdo evil versions of us in Denmark. I've always wondered how an actual Danish person would pronounce it, and if it differs significantly from how we pronounce it. [more inside]
posted by floam on Nov 12, 2009 - 24 answers

[Name-that-tune-Filter] Looking for the name and/or general translation of a Danish song my mother learned from friends as a child. [more inside]
posted by blueberry on Feb 6, 2009 - 5 answers

When my daughter was young, she was taught a Danish or Finnish (IIRC] song. This was over 20 years ago, and she can't remember the words. Now she has a child of her own, and it would be cool to teach our granddaughter to sing it. [more inside]
posted by Daddy-O on Aug 10, 2008 - 5 answers

What are some good (preferably experience-based) birthday gifts for a 21-year-old Australian programming geek who thinks he's Danish? [more inside]
posted by divabat on Nov 29, 2007 - 12 answers

Children's books in Danish? Books on CD? I need Danish language resources! [more inside]
posted by tejolote on Oct 27, 2007 - 9 answers

The Danish Poet is the short film that won the Oscar for short film this year. Here's a website with the film in streaming video that i want to share with my friends. The problem is that people in the US can't seem to play the video. They're blocking the content to US users somehow. Is there any way my friends can use to get around it?
posted by storybored on Feb 28, 2007 - 6 answers

When talking, Danes sometimes make a quick gasping noise that's very distinctive but difficult to describe. Can anyone explain this odd habit? Does it have a name? (More details inside.) [more inside]
posted by Ø on Dec 29, 2006 - 25 answers

Some Danish & Norwegian embassies in Syria were just torched over some caricatures of Mohammed... [more inside]
posted by vanoakenfold on Feb 5, 2006 - 8 answers

Any Danish Metafiltarians? The Danish Christmas tree is partially decorated with small strings of flags and I'm trying to figure out how to put them on the tree without making them look like ass. Anyone with non-Danish Christmas tree flag decorating experience feel free to chime in . . .
posted by jeremias on Dec 23, 2004 - 6 answers

What's up with Scandinavian languages? Norwegians tell me that Danish and Norwegian are written the same, but spoken much differently. Swedes tell me than Danes can understand them but not the other way around. I've also heard that on some European airlines they use a simplified version that all Scandinavians can understand. What's the deal?
posted by borkingchikapa on Dec 11, 2004 - 28 answers