Board Thread:Friend Code Exchange/@comment-40064225-20190707171547/@comment-37443679-20190710105841

I am sure it is. I speak British English, and have taught in Norwegian secondary school. My kids grumbled about the pronunciation and the spelling, especially when I said they had to write consistently in either UK or US English, with all the odd little spelling and vocabulary differences. But those who persevered, read a lot and spoke English as much as possible to me, did very well.

I brought my own children up speaking English at home and they are all fluent. I believe German and Norwegian are in the same language group as English (Germanic) but there are some tricky differences. Norwegian has 2 official versions as well, with different spelling and some different words. I don't really see why but there you go, it's all politics. I've become fluent in the one, and ignore the other.

Did your mother speak German to you?