Why do Vikings have Scottish accents when they live in Norway and Sweden?

[Johnny Reb]

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[SMIFFY]

What does a 2000 year old Nowegian or Swedish accent sound like?

[Your_White_Knight]

Originally posted by Miss Ann Thrope:

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥ LISA SIMPSON:

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I think I see the problem.

^This....

Also: Scottish voice actors are cheaper then getting real Vikings from the past to time travel into the present to do their own voice acting...

Edit timewarp to time travel... slipped into Rocky Horror lol

[L1qu1dator]

You forgot about Denmark there.

[tmwfte]

Originally posted by L1qu1dator:

You forgot about Denmark there.

Also, Iceland, The Shetlands, Greenland, Orkney, Faroe, some of the area on Newfoundland, and probably some other areas too.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

To confuse the Irish

[Abs]

Originally posted by Your_White_Knight:

Originally posted by Miss Ann Thrope:

I think I see the problem.

^This....

Also: Scottish voice actors are cheaper then getting real Vikings from the past to time travel into the present to do their own voice acting...

Edit timewarp to time travel... slipped into Rocky Horror lol

Thanks for that!!!! Now i got Tim Curry singing Sweet Transvestite
Stuck in my head.

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥ LISA SIMPSON:

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You don't even know what a Viking is. Also Sweden and Norway did not even exist back then. The first Norseman kingdom to be made was Danmark, Svearike and Norge (Yes no English names here)

Viking is a title, not a culture. A very very shallow minority of Norsemen were actually Vikings.. most were peacefull traders, farmers, etc.

Most of these Norsemen (Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, did not exist as different cultures back then) very friendly and not
However those that did go to attack went far and beyond for many generations and its only sheer luck that England is not Danish today (only due to a King with no offspring all crumbled) Scotland had several areas that was influenced by Norsemen, some of those areas include but not exclude Orkney, the Isles, etc.. Even to this day these areas honour their Norse heritage.. A good example is the Whisky from Orkney and Islay (I have several brands that focus on that heritage) IE Laphroaig and Highland Park.

You should look up the Highland Park ones, they are overpriced in my opinion, but they are good looking, taste well enough and popular

Google, Scandinavian Scotland if you want more information about the historical events and why they have ties to the Norse

[Trundle]

Well Huawei is huge in Norway anyway.

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by tmwfte:

Originally posted by L1qu1dator:

You forgot about Denmark there.

Also, Iceland, The Shetlands, Greenland, Orkney, Faroe, some of the area on Newfoundland, and probably some other areas too.

You mean Vinland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinland

A more fun story is that Norse culture influenced Britain so much that alot of words and meanings comes directly from old Norse, some of them are similar to now a day Danish, Swedish and Norwegian.

It includes words such as, Loan, Hell, Club, Berserk, Sale, Thrall, Troll, Yule (yes Yuletime) haggle, hit, run, etc etc etc etc (we could go on forever) Even towns today still have old Norse meanings that actually today still would make sense.

Take the city Rugby ie. It comes from the Norse (in this case Danish, due to Danalaw) Rug (That is Rye in English) and By (That is Town in English)

So basically Rugby, is actually Ryetown... I wonder what they had in that town.. hint hint

[Your_White_Knight]

Originally posted by Abs:

Originally posted by Your_White_Knight:

^This....

Also: Scottish voice actors are cheaper then getting real Vikings from the past to time travel into the present to do their own voice acting...

Edit timewarp to time travel... slipped into Rocky Horror lol

Thanks for that!!!! Now i got Tim Curry singing Sweet Transvestite
Stuck in my head.

lol... sorry. ;)

[tmwfte]

Originally posted by Darkie:

You mean Vinland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinland

Same thing. Everyone's using modern names to begin with.

[Your_White_Knight]

Originally posted by Darkie:

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥ LISA SIMPSON:

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You don't even know what a Viking is. Also Sweden and Norway did not even exist back then. The first Norseman kingdom to be made was Danmark, Svearike and Norge (Yes no English names here)

Viking is a title, not a culture. A very very shallow minority of Norsemen were actually Vikings.. most were peacefull traders, farmers, etc.

Most of these Norsemen (Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, did not exist as different cultures back then) very friendly and not :galdr:
However those that did go to attack went far and beyond for many generations and its only sheer luck that England is not Danish today (only due to a King with no offspring all crumbled) Scotland had several areas that was influenced by Norsemen, some of those areas include but not exclude Orkney, the Isles, etc.. Even to this day these areas honour their Norse heritage.. A good example is the Whisky from Orkney and Islay (I have several brands that focus on that heritage) IE Laphroaig and Highland Park.

You should look up the Highland Park ones, they are overpriced in my opinion, but they are good looking, taste well enough and popular

Google, Scandinavian Scotland if you want more information about the historical events and why they have ties to the Norse

≡≡≡≡ THE MORE YOU KNOW ≡≡≡≡☆

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by Your_White_Knight:

Originally posted by Darkie:

You don't even know what a Viking is. Also Sweden and Norway did not even exist back then. The first Norseman kingdom to be made was Danmark, Svearike and Norge (Yes no English names here)

Viking is a title, not a culture. A very very shallow minority of Norsemen were actually Vikings.. most were peacefull traders, farmers, etc.

Most of these Norsemen (Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, did not exist as different cultures back then) very friendly and not
However those that did go to attack went far and beyond for many generations and its only sheer luck that England is not Danish today (only due to a King with no offspring all crumbled) Scotland had several areas that was influenced by Norsemen, some of those areas include but not exclude Orkney, the Isles, etc.. Even to this day these areas honour their Norse heritage.. A good example is the Whisky from Orkney and Islay (I have several brands that focus on that heritage) IE Laphroaig and Highland Park.

You should look up the Highland Park ones, they are overpriced in my opinion, but they are good looking, taste well enough and popular

Google, Scandinavian Scotland if you want more information about the historical events and why they have ties to the Norse

≡≡≡≡ THE MORE YOU KNOW ≡≡≡≡☆

I updated my post

Originally posted by Darkie:

Originally posted by tmwfte:

Also, Iceland, The Shetlands, Greenland, Orkney, Faroe, some of the area on Newfoundland, and probably some other areas too.

You mean Vinland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinland

A more fun story is that Norse culture influenced Britain so much that alot of words and meanings comes directly from old Norse, some of them are similar to now a day Danish, Swedish and Norwegian.

It includes words such as, Loan, Hell, Club, Berserk, Sale, Thrall, Troll, Yule (yes Yuletime) haggle, hit, run, etc etc etc etc (we could go on forever) Even towns today still have old Norse meanings that actually today still would make sense.

Take the city Rugby ie. It comes from the Norse (in this case Danish, due to Danalaw) Rug (That is Rye in English) and By (That is Town in English)

So basically Rugby, is actually Ryetown... I wonder what they had in that town.. hint hint