skandinavistikum

• flemish 21 y/o • swedish + german lit & ling student • master at university of ghent • erasmus alumna of university of gothenburg

[desinteresse]

Everytime you fill in CAPTCHA you’re helping to digitalize old books and documents. Using CAPTCHA abt 250 books are added to a digital database everyday

[desinteresse]

Its called RECAPTCHA! The creator of CAPTCHA (Luis von Ahn) realised a lot of time was being wasted with CAPTCHA (worldwide we spend about 500,000 hours doing CAPTCHA every day)

So he wanted to put it to good use

The reason why CAPTCHA uses wonky letters is because computers can’t read them, but we can!

But when trying to automatically digitalise old books and documents this becomes a hindrance because computers often cant read the faded old letters. So the digitalising is done by humans (very costly and time consuming)

Anyway Ahn found out about these a integraded into captcha creating RECAPTCHA.

Everyday about 150 (sorry i meant 150 not 250) old books get digitalized this way. They are currently using it to digitalize the whole archive of The New York Times (since 1851)

So we’re all kinda building a digital library of alexandria this way by using captcha, noice

[nunyabizni]

https://techcrunch.com/2007/09/16/recaptcha-using-captchas-to-digitize-books/

reCAPTCHA Founded 2007. Overview reCAPTCHA is a free CAPTCHA service that helps to digitize books, newspapers and old time radio shows. reCAPTCHA improves the process of digitizing books by sending words that cannot be read by computers to the Web in the form of CAPTCHAs for humans to decipher.

In case any of you thought this was BS

[kaeebonrai-deactivated20230915]

I always love seeing reCAPTCHA being used.

[schmergo]

“I Like Hanging Out With Guys Because There’s Less Drama.”

Translation: whenever I spend time with my female friends, we always end up doing an unabridged reading of Hamlet, and I’m salty because they always make me play Polonius.

[inn-dagstjarna]

What did Old Norse sound like?

[godsinthemountains]

Okay so this dude with a doctorate?? Who specializes is Old Norse??? Just makes his instructional videos in the middle of the wilderness in the Midwest??????

[anastasiaoftheironwood]

Exactly! He used to teach at UCalifornia Berkeley, and now he’s at UColorado Boulder. 

[systlin]

His translations of the Eddas are my favorite!

[skandinavistikum]

taking a course about old norse next semester!

[wegotusapippivirgin]

Here’s Rory Gilmore studying to motivate all those lazy asses out there to do the same (mine included).

[lbriscoe]

Autumn Semester - Reading Week, Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday

Busy busy days, and not even study related. On Tuesday I visited the archives of the libraries from a couple of cities surrounding mine (man, they had originals from Bonaparte’s travels, atlas from 1676, etc…) and we saw for the first times the artist books we’re going to exhibit in a couple of weeks – some of them are really beautiful. On Wednesday I went on a little hike (long walk?) with my family. It feels so good to do that again. Because of the drought in my region, lots of places are close to the public because of the risk of fire. I saw the river down my parents’ still completely dry (older pic, but it was literally the same)… and the lake near their town not even half-way filled. Let’s say the rain forecast for this weekend is greatly welcome! Anyways, yesterday (Thursday) was shopping day with my parents, and today I’m out with my friends. When am I gonna find time to study??

[codarsneachta-deactivated202006]

In Irish, “December” is “Mí na Nollag” which is literally “The Month of Christmas” so I feel completely culturally justified in treating today like the beginning of one long holiday, honestly.

[pog-mo-bhlog]

In scottish gaelic its ‘an Dubhlachd’ which effectively means the blackness and i feel like this is one of the fundamental differences between irish and scottish gaelic.

[self-sealing-stembolt]

just international student things:

teaching each other swear words in your languages

trying to learn the unwritten social rules what do you mean you have to take your shoes off inside

knowing more people from other countries than the country you’re in

“I should come visit you” 

how do people not have [food item] in the supermarket??????

struggling with the international student office 

“lmao why would you come here to study this country sucks” 

getting strangely patriotic even though you weren’t before

but seriously it’s weird I kinda love my own country more now?

having someone come up to you and say “hey I know something in your language!” and it’s a swear word

[useless-scandinaviafacts]

Scandinavian languages masterpost

DANISH

Websites

Ordnet MyLanguages Dansk her og nu Netdansk VFS Meet the Danes Duolingo Speak Danish Babbel 101languages IE Languages IE Languages - General words and phrases

TV shows

Broen Forbrydelsen Borgen Rita The Team Heartless Norskov Arvingerne Den som dræber Klovn Drengene fra Angora Paradise Hotel Danmark

News

Ekstrabladet Jyllands-Posten Politiken Søndagsavisen

Movies

Jagten (2012) En kongelig affære (2012) En chance til (2014) Hævnen (2010) Festen (1998) Fasandræberne (2014)

Music

Carl Nielsen Oh Land Anne Gadegaard Basim Agnes Obel Lars Ulrich Medina Anti-Social Media

NORWEGIAN

Websites

NTNU 101languages Loecsen Babbel Omniglot IE languages NRK TV Duolingo Gramatikk.com Nynorsk Senter Lexin | Bildteman | Bokmål & Nynorsk Picture Dictionary Book2 | English-Norwegian Audio Course Klartale

TV shows

Lilyhammer Okkupert Modus Dag Frikjent Mamon Kampen for tilværelsen Neste sommer Jul i Blåfjell Helt perfekt I kveld med Ylvis Øyevitne

News

VG NRK Dagladet Morgenbladet Bergens Tidende

Movies

Bølgen (2015) Kon-Tiki (2012) Trolljegeren (2010) Hodejegerne (2011) Død snø (2009) Død snø 2 (2014) Fritt vilt (2006) Fritt vilt 2 (2008) Fritt vilt 3 (2010) Max Manus (2008) Villmark (2003) Varg Veum (2007-2012)

Music

Susanne Sundfør Alexander Rybak Ylvis DeLillos Bertine Zetlitz Bobbysocks Jarle Bernhoft Lene Marlin Marie Mena Sissel Kyrkjebø Marit Larsen Nico & Vinz Lars Vaular Maria Arredondo Vassangutane Einherjer Enslaved Kampfar Taake Vreid Windir Mayhem Emperor Satyricon Darkthrone 1349 Gorgoroth Immortal Kaptein Sabeltann Tsjuder Wardruna

Other stuff

Pronunciation Guide Språkrådet Kaleido | Lek med språket 

SWEDISH

Websites

Duolingo Babbel IE Languages LiveMocha 101languages

TV shows

Bron Beck Wallander Solsidan Oskyldigt dömd Maria Wern Svenska Hollywoodfruar Kontoret Modus Äkta människor Ögonvittnet Welcome to Sweden

News

Aftonbladet Expressen Dagen Jönköpings-Posten Sydsvenskan 

Movies

Män som hatar kvinnor (2009) Låt den rätta komma in (2008) Flickan som lekte med elden (2009) Kyss mig (2009) Ronja (1981)

Music

Avicii Lykke Li Eric Saade Loreen Tove Lo Robin Basshunter ABBA Bjørn Afzelius

Other stuff

List of nouns with vowel change (umlaut) in the plural. Some general rules for forming the plural of nouns Swedish-English false friends Words for relatives ‘Du’ and ‘ni’ The gender neutral pronoun hen Tycka, tänka and tro, what’s the difference? Infinitives with or without att Locations Some cases of nouns without an article Professions and similar without an article  Speaking about body parts in Swedish Deponent verbs En or ett – some tendencies Simple present vs present progressive The det är construction - how to start talking about things Introduction to Swedish word order A guide to pronunciation

Here is also a nice video that teaches you the most basic Scandinavian phrases in all three languages at the same time.

I’ll continue to expand this list when I encounter more material I find suitable. If you need help finding a place to watch the TV shows/movies, send me a message and I’ll help you. Feel free to propose suggestions for this list :)

[studywithinspo]

♡ if you can dream it, you can do it ♡

[useless-germanyfacts]

“you can’t just put 20 commas in one sentence”

first of all, i’m german

[fiercelittlestudyblr]

16.10.17  The light was so cool this morning it was like everything was under this autumn-y orange glow. I think it was the storm which passed over.  Once again I spend the day in the Wills Memorial Library. I feel like today is going so slowly but at last I’m being really productive! I think I should try to keep 8am starts up, start studying by 9? Feeling very harry pottery today! xxxx emily

[nemmica]

I met a baby the other day who taught me that kids aren’t learning the thumb-and-pinky-out gesture for “phone” anymore. She puts her flat, open palm up to her ear and babbles into it, simulating a flat and rectangular smartphone.

[marzipanandminutiae]

It’s so interesting that a lot of seemingly obsolete hand motions still exist, though

very few people wear wristwatches, but tapping one’s wrist is still a nearly universal gesture for “what time is it?” or “hurry up”

I used classic corded phones for only a very brief time in my life (before we got those more rectangular-shaped cordless ones for my parents’ landline) and first saw a car without power windows when I was in college, and yet I’ve always used the pinky-and-thumb gesture for “call me” and the circling-fist gesture for “roll down your window.” I’m 24, so my childhood was the late 90s and early 2000s, but I still use gestures that indicate technology either gone or on its way out when I began forming reliable memories

it also makes me wonder how people indicated time or hurrying before wristwatches. did they somehow pantomime a pocket watch? what gestures have we lost as technology marches on? and since video didn’t exist for most of human history, how might we learn what they were? like the contents of the third Georgian spice jar or the location of Punt, nobody would think to write any of it down

I just love history so much

[datasoong47]

The ASL sign for phone is based on the pinky-and-thumb gesture. Presumably that will continue on for a while, with future generations seeing it as an arbitrary sign.

And then there are words like “rewind” that no longer make literal sense. Filmmakers still use “cut” long after actual physical film that can be cut fell out of use. We talk about cutting and pasting on computers and use a floppy disc icon for “save”.

Fossilized metaphors are the best.

[sonic]

So the cool thing about skeuomorphisms (like the floppy disc icon) is that it’s entire basis is that, originally, the skeuomorph’s form had a resemblance to the literal processes it was referencing but that now they’re not referencing literal processes, but the abstract idea of those processes. We’re not literally rewinding a tape when we hit rewind on our DVRs or DVD’s. Instead, we understand that to “rewind” is to reverse the playback of the video/audio, often at several times its normal speed. The word has changed from meaning the literal process which resulted in the desired effect to directly meaning the desired effect. This is something that just happens in language over time. I mean, shit, the British call flashlights “Torches” and that makes perfect sense. Thing is, the only reason it seems weird to us is because we’ve seen and used the original things that the skeuomorphs and gestures are referencing. It’s not just a representation of an abstract idea like saving a file or cutting footage or making a call. We’ve used floppy discs and razors and corded telephone handsets. They were real, commonplace things in our lives and jobs. 

It’s weird to us because we’re living in the transition period. It’ll stop being weird once we die and no one is around to remember the original thing.

[witchstone]

Celestial Mapping and Celestial Proportions by Tallmadge Doyle

[allthingslinguistic]

[studyart]

September 29, 2017 Studying on a beautiful small island in the middle of Sweden. Feeling so inspired and motivated! How I love Autumn 🌲🍂📚

[studyfulltime]

enjoying my last free weekend before third year of uni and the end of free time as i know it…so yh i cleaned my room and it feels so good✨

[rinkodesu]

“you should learn XYZ language” “why don’t you learn ABC language” “you’d do much better in life if you learnt XYZ language” “you might want to think about learning ABC language” “why do you always speak XYZ language” “why are you learning a language that no one speaks” *whispers silently* shh, let people enjoy things