Message #2777

[AndrewF]

I don't know what beeb you were listening to/watching but it wasn't the same one as I was listening to!
When it was breaking news (which is when I was listening) they seemed to me to be being very level-headed about it.
As for the Norwegians, yes, they are very calm and do indeed speak English very well - better than many Brits in fact! When my father was stationed just outside Oslo (NATO posting) he thought it would be polite to try to learn their language - he tried it out on the check-out girl who smiled at him and said " that was very good, but wouldn't it have been easier in English?" !!!!! After that he rather gave up...
Before the last war they used to be taught German as their second language, but they had such a rough time from the Germans during the war that they switched to English...