Subject: Re: Name that language
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 22:54:30 -0400
From: Sam Carmean <samc@witts.end>
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In article <MPG.15664f7f4ac54e20989682@News.CIS.DFN.DE>, Carl
Muckenhoupt <carl@wurb.com> wrote:

> I need some help indexing a game in Baf's Guide.  The game in question is
> games/spectrum/prinsess.sna.  The problem: I don't know what language
> it's in.  It might be Norwegian, but I'd like to make sure.  Here's some
> of the opening text:
>
> Velkommen til eventyret
> "Prinsessen i berget det blaa"
> Prinsessen er blitt bortfort og
> kongen har lovet halve konge-
> riket til den som redder henne.
> Du er en helt som har sett bedre
> dager det er lenge siden du bad-
> et og klaerne dine er fillete.
>
> So, who can identify the language?  For that matter, would anyone like to
> review it?

You're correct, it's Norwegian.  (I don't read it that well, and
written Danish and Norwegian are very similar; but I believe "henne",
meaning "her", would be "hende" if it was Danish.)
