[bad joke incoming] How do you know if a Norwegian's had a pulmonary embolism? They stop saying "yes."

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This is so good. Thank you!

My Danish Grandma did this. Since I was exposed to it so much as a child, I do it too.

Old men in Ireland do this, often if a sorrowful / sad topic is in discussion. They will say “aye” but almost produce the “h” sound whilst drawing in breath. Young fella’s who are wannabe old men do it too. At least in the northern part of the country.

I've always been struck by the number of daily-life words, such as sky and tree, that are from Old Norse.

Hei, takk skal du ha!

I'm canadian with Scottish and Norwegian heritage. I just realized we do this affirmative gasp all the time with babies and small children but not with adults. Must be a carryover from those cultures.

I hear the 'affirmative h' in Iceland and even in Ireland.

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I found the perfect video about the Norwegian' breathing thing. Tusen takk for denne videoen! 😊😢

For the longest time I thought one of my Norwegian friends had a breathing problem or a speech impediment....now I know better 😂

Also Nova Scotia, Canada. Thought to have been brought in by the Vikings

Veldig praktisk takk

The Danes in Denmark make this sound too when they are agreeing with what someone just said.

Hei Saira Jeg liker lære norsk kan du help med meg være så snill ?

Common in Ireland. I heard a linguist expert suggest it came from Scandinavia. Interesting

How does it not make you cough to breathe in sharply like that repeatedly in a convo?

Can you tell me now how much hours for PR in Norway language course.

Shut the front door - we do this in North East Scotland!! It's a Viking thing?

you forgot about lvl 4 "when you have sexe"

Щиро дякую!

Привіт землячко!!! До скорої зустрічі

Very common in Ireland actually, probably a leftover from the norsemen. Never gets as intense as 2:00 though lol

Дякую,дуже задоволена,що потрапила саме до Вашої групи!

Lol just seeing this made me feel short of breath

Дякую❤️ Tusen takk❤️

I heard an Ethiopian do that too, I though I said something wrong! Amazing

OMG, this guy looks just like he could be actress Sharon Stone's brother.

In the US we make that sound too but it means Shock and Awe, or proverbial pearl clutching lol 😂

Actually, I often here Swedes over compensate and go with a 'w' sound when the right sound in English would be the 'v' sound. An example, is "very" where quite often Swedes will pronounce it "wery".

Я не поняла ничего, 🙂

Yeah. You guys are messing with us. lol. I still can't hear any difference.

That was the funniest short video I've seen in a long time. My Norwegian great grandmother died when I was very young, but I remember conversations between her (in Norwegian) and my mom (always in English) that included that sound. Until this video, almost 75 years later, I never realized what was happening, but I instantly recognized the sound when I heard you.

I just loveddd this video. Used to live in Norway for three years and made me miss lovely norwegians 😍😍

Veldig godt 👍🏼

I lived in Sunnmøre for 2 years and there was an old woman at the reception of my working place, I head that maaany many times I never knew what was it. I thought she had asma or something so I thought it would be rude to ask why does she make that sound 😂

I live in Schleswig Holstein Germany and they do that here too. My mother in law does it all the time. It´s very strange to me.

Plus adding an s to denote possession and simple verb conjugations as opposed to complex verb conjugations like the W Germanic languages have.

haha ty for video =)