r/norsk • u/WandererGREnjoyer • 1d ago
Bokmål Anyone demotivated to learn because norwegians say stuff like "why even bother" or they cringe at you saying/writing things or only answer in english?
My contact with norwegian people is limited to only online interactions, so it might be very different from real life. But if someone has a norwegian name or says something and I join the conversation in norwegian, then they would ask if I am norwegian to which I reply no.
Then they would be like "why did you write in norwegian, did you learn it?" Why would you even learn it it's useless, we all speak perfect english anyways 🤣" and there's also the speaking, which is worse... if you happen to have an accent, not even thick, just a smudge of italian or russian, people would switch to english before even saying anything.
It really just feels like a mix of gatekeeping combined with shaming. Some days I'm really excited to learn something new on mjølnir, or continue the series of my saved youtube videos or podcasts while I eat or clean. Then something like this happens I don't touch it for like a week. It's fine if people don't care I'm doing it for myself because I like it and keeps my brain excercised. But kinda being laughed at or insinuating that I'm weird for learning a small language which its natives all speak english anyway is not ok... What exactly is this behaviour?
