Not Every Norwegian Speaks English

Funny clip from movie 'Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced' where band manager Timothy is in an important meeting with record company executive, but his lack of English loses the record deal...

[@Amphibiot]

"Among other things, yes." The last hilariously pathetic attempt at saving face.

[@Mikeoneus]

"Among other things, yes" gets me every time.

[@eduardojorgedesouzalimanet2474]

next time your girl throws you an "i love you" after the deed, you guys already know what to say.

[@furiousinsects6386]

I'm a big boy? 😂

[@MsDefenestrator]

"I am a boy". I laughed so hard at that! I'm from the USA, and sadly, that's about all they teach us when we learn Spanish (or any other language). But it was hilarious to see that being done with English.

[@whatsaygirl1507]

He do know english fluently in real life. This is a comedy show.

[@mhdunknown]

Hahahaha! I lost it when he was all smiling and crap and said "One million dollars!" ROFL I can't stop laughin' xD

[@ruantengyi]

Timothy obviously had no clue what Brian was saying. So much for a manager who can’t speak or understand an international language. 😢

[@dancingnancy09]

I remember seeing this mockumentary many years ago.... i still to this day think its one of the funniest movies ive ever seen

[@jonelordieta7481]

Boyzvoiced was such a hilarious movie...brilliantly done...the spinal tap of boy bands

[@remihovland5543]

I`m a big boy xD

[@josephneyland7604]

Heia Brann

[@christopherwood9009]

it's "i'm" not "i`m"

[@MrLiverpoolfan92]

@@christopherwood9009 grammar nazi

[@EricTheBroBean]

This is a classic! But i see some comments saying its normal to learn a language before visiting, which isnt necessary here in Norway. Most of us would communicate in english without hesitation if you dont speak the language, and we would even go out of our way to keep the communication going in english when we talk to eachother, just to make sure the non-native speaker doesnt feel left out.

[@christianhuston897]

I love his sheer stupidity - even if he couldn't understand the manager's words, he should've been able to judge from the body language and face that it was bad news. But instead he somehow interprets it as being offered a million dollar deal and sits there grinning like an idiot.

[@sighansen9147]

det var så morsom xD Honestly, he should have known English, it's kind of a universal language up there as how French was.

[@1sb3rg34]

Its from a tv show...

[@fillfreire2169]

Seriøst geniaaaaaal sketch!!! I'M A BIG BOY! HAHAHAA

[@NicoTown]

I still quote Timothy to this day! Hilarious!

[@vicky881931]

"I'am a big boy"......lmao!!!...omg wat the hell was dat??...i was thinking of pursuing my masters from either norway / canada....!!!!

[@tmapaman7080]

"I'M A BOY" haha lol

[@ruantengyi]

Yeah, Timothy is also a big dork!!!

[@kangawroon]

This scene is f*cking EPIC!

[@coldacre]

"I'm a big dork!" hahaha.... brilliant movie

[@ruantengyi]

That guy is a legend by saying that! 😊

[@Brzeczyszczykiewicz1]

It's not the fart that kills you, it's the smell! -Petter Solberg

[@98babycakes]

I know español & English trying to learn a third language I really want to learn Norwegian :)

[@gilberttiborjakub9890]

I have started norwegian as a third language also (after english and german) and I have to tell you I love the Norwegian langauge. It became my favorite after Hungarian which is mother language.based on the fact it is very similar to the other germanic languages it just takes a year to reach a confident intermediate level!

[@gilberttiborjakub9890]

+Paula Deen Vil du snakke med meg på skype? Fordi jeg har ingen å snakke sammen, og mitt norsk på skriflig er mye mer bedre enn på muntlig. :/

[@Fishfingers232]

+AbbyRockx56 It might be a bit difficult when you're trying to learn with daily conversations in Norway. They're apparently so good at it and they think it's so cool that they'll just speak English to any foreigner.

[@ColdSpring1984]

+00alas Kan du vær så snill og send meg skype navn din i en melding?

[@TheKristian1996]

Har du ikke Norske venner som du kan lære av? Prøv å se Norske filmer med tekst. Eller skaff deg en hobby som du både liker og blir tvunget til å lese eller snakke. Lykke til Dont you have any Norwegian friends who can help you out? Try watching Norwegian movies with Norwegian texts. That and games worked really well for me as a child as i enjoyed it. Good luck

[@SSlammedSociety]

Ending is freakin hilarious

[@kittykat490]

"I am a big boy."

[@ILOVEDAVIDCAVAZIS]

I love Norway and I love Norwegian language, I'm Mexican og jeg snakker bare litt norsk :)

[@KigreTheViking]

This is a comedy sketch. Hook up Petter and/or Henning Solberg for the real deal. Peace.

[@Lunchpacked180]

*Luna has licked her wound again*

[@Thelavendel]

Average comment on a Norwegian video that for some reason went viral: "It's like not sirius. It is from tv-show!! So like hahahaha to you! All we from Norway no English purfekt!"

[@gamegeekx]

Lol I love his English. It was very funny. Not from how it sounds but how it was the first thing he said.

[@menglinhai]

Well I'm from the UK, and I would never go to a country without at least making some effort to learn the language! Also, Norwegian is easy for English speakers, the syntax is almost identical, the pronunciation is not too hard, and there's a lot of common vocabulary.

[@TheMercedesFan1]

Ser denna filmen i klassen nå! Den er hysterisk morsom! Hvertfall denne scenen, genialt ^^

[@whatsaygirl1507]

He do know english fluently in real life. This is a comedy show.

[@cristobalhollin]

Rolig Luna, rolig!!

[@BeansproutPost]

This video made me laugh so hard. XD

[@CodyK9L]

hahahhahahaha! "i'm a boy" i beleve i need to watch this movie

[@lunde4life]

Hahahahahahahahaha... i was laughing my ass off, lol! :P

[@CHRISTAFARIAN777]

This had me Rollin!!

[@samaimdeda]

I guess it depends how you use a language. English helped me a lot when I moved to USA XD I would be very lost if I did not learn it in school. Hey maybe you will be hired in France so speaking French will help you!

[@stubbis1139]

Many young norwegian speaks english fluently, but many *can’t* write english properly

[@jorgepeterbarton]

Me too, I am from UK and they 'taught' us spanish and russian. (others learnt french or german too) I don't think anyone came out being able to make a conversation. I've been learning some norwegian and have possibly passed Spanish secondary education in a couple of months.

[@thecraftyfeline]

Lmao! XD thank Odin for subtitles. I wouldn't be able to understand all that norsk.

[@aaaaa87bn]

lol I'm a boy...That's funny ..Nice video ...Greetings From america

[@wrouillie]

Lol, Thank you for this.This is doubly funny to me, because this is the kind of dialogue I'm learning online as a beginning Norwegian speaker! But I assure you, 3 months of environmental inundation, and I will pick it up nearly as well as a local, although my vocabulary wont be very big.

[@kalfaxplays7899]

lol, maybe the last decade.. nowadays everyone speaks english in norway. fluently, no issues.

[@TheSocalkid92]

Obviously, when you get a job and live in another country, you must learn their language, customs, and traditions, and assimilate into their culture 100%....but my point is if you are visiting the country as a tourist for a couple a weeks or are visiting for 3 days for a business meeting, you cannot expect us to learn your ENTIRE language and speak it to you because you want us to...that would be insane...we hire translators for that...

[@PowerLord83]

I heard from a lot british friends that they are like "What you can't Russian?" I'm like "What'a fuuu?"

[@scaniawahl]

if you move to norway and get a job, its a advantage you learn norwegian :) especially if the job involves customer contact :) but the topic in this sketch was that he didnt speak english :)

[@samaimdeda]

Mandarin. Korean schools aren't that cruel :) You mainly use characters over speaking it, since there's a lot of trade between Korea and China but not many face-to-face confrontations. And Korean names are written in Chinese characters so we usually have to memorize all the flowery characters so we can name our children. Like Eun Jung means "faith and respect" and Hee Ja means "happy child"

[@Finskelars]

Just to make sure to all those people who are not Norwegian; this is just bullshit for real, because I don't know anyone who can't say even one word in English. Even my grandfather can speak some English! XD (I'm a Norwegian)

[@hollikeillor596]

For certain a Canadian accent, knew as soon as he spoke!

[@Fishfingers232]

Canadian accent sounds like a mix of Scottish/English and American

[@CBM64]

LÅLL Denne er så konge :D

[@ta-seenislam4684]

Wow this is funny 😂

[@Fawrikawl]

Jeg gleder meg til disse tre månedene. ;)

[@thepuksu]

In Finland you have to learn 3 languages

[@august8090]

Same in norway i have had to learn norwegian, englisk, swedish, icelandic, danish and finish

[@linkskywalker5417]

@@august8090 In America, while you do have to learn a foreign language, you'll rarely have anyone to talk to in that language, unless you're latino and live in an area with a large population of speakers of the foreign language in question. We Americans suck with languages, admittedly, as do most anglophones.

[@LezaThereza]

Lol. Timothy Dahle is from the norwegian christmas calendar on tv. its called "nissene på låven". he is a manager.

[@HyeungJoo]

Tout à fait d'accord mon ami ! Notre langue se perd ces derniers temps.

[@einareiriksson1350]

Exciting! Really interesting to hear. Greets from Norway.

[@chillbro2275]

hahaha this is hilarious! Is the movie funny throughout like this? :D

[@zupran]

It is

[@kangawroon]

Nowadays every norwegian below the age of (at least) 50 knows and speaks english.

[@Fawrikawl]

If an English speaker opened conversation in Norwegian, the common Norwegian would probably be intrigued or overcome with joy for the fact that someone bothered learning their language, and would respond in Norwegian. That being said, as the video and the title kind of suggests, most people do speak English in Norway. Moral of the story: Don't feel ignorant or lost if you don't speak Norwegian coming to Norway. You'll be perfectly fine. ;)

[@Snasamannen-qj4uz]

HVOR KAN MAN FÅ SETT FILMEN?!?

[@samaimdeda]

I never knew Europeans took the English language so seriously XD If it makes Norweigns feel better, the schools in Korea make you learn English AND Chinese :'D So many characters...

[@pymandr]

he sounds canadian.

[@TheLuis642]

Norwegians are very intelligent people and, Yes, most of the Norwegians speak English.

[@Stheens]

Awesome! I'm Norwegian and I'm an exchange student, and I study at York College (York lol). We have our own Norwegian teacher from Norway there to teach the Norwegians (about 85 of us), and she also teaches some english students in Norwegian! :D

[@mlm74799]

sucks to be that guy.. am proud that i am a Norwegian guy that also can write english, in most cases understandable and that i can speak it. i love english and am learning every day!

[@wokabomb]

hahahaha, dette er bra :D

[@michaelhansen2818]

that dude was so lost

[@ruantengyi]

who?

[@sondreh.srheim7266]

I am a boy! De burde lagd flere sånne..de som lagde den

[@Helnaxthefourth]

We start to learn English in the first year of school (when we're 5-6 years old) and tv-series and movies which are ment for teens and adults are always in the original language, never dubbed. It's not like we have to learn English because English speaking people come to our country, it's more that there's only 5 million people speaking Norwegian and we have to communicate with other countries to function. I would like to add that we also learn a third language, mainly Spanish, German or French.

[@Iivaitte]

Actually I sympathize the man, it is only right that if you go to a business meeting in another country that you should speak the native tongue. Us Americans will just become lazier if we don't have to even learn a second language. It wouldn't be so hard to learn a second language if our school system and learning system didn't suck. Jeg vil lære dette språket, slik at jeg ikke gjør narr av en uskyldig mann som denne mannen.

[@nordicgaming2572]

The American dude sounds Canadian

[@Iivaitte]

to learn a language is actually easy, but its the way that it is taught that makes you say "you expect everyone to learn an ENTIRE language". the best way to learn a language is to have a friend that speaks it, because they use it everyday and sometimes mix English and said Language together. toddlers don't study to learn they're native language, they just adapt to it, translation is slow, the key is to think the language, if that makes any sense to you.

[@TheSocalkid92]

But just be grateful that you live in one of the most beautiful places in the world...The most Northeastern part of North America, Quebec, Canada and the New England area...

[@anonymous.t6649]

*_I'M A BIG KID NOW!_*

[@TheRavenir]

Ja, wirklich. Das war urkomisch, voll geil.

[@Hellsconsort]

Haha, funny reading Swedes and Norwegians argue over how crap each others English is. You both generally speak great English btw, still funny.

[@adityadan7348]

91% of Norwegians speak English. I'm Indian, and only 16% of Indians can speak English. I don't blame this guy. Americans are monolingual.

[@scaniawahl]

im aware of the problem with youtube, now :) no we dont expect tourists to learn our language. In norway is there a lot of immigrants who are to ignorant to learn norwegian before they gets a job :) I know one guy from USA who married a norwegian woman, and they moved to Norway some years ago. he was a cop in utah before, and here he worked in a little warehouse at the westside of Norway. He was not so happy in speaking norwegian but he understood most of it if people spoke norwegian t him :)

[@LoboBrasileiro1]

Ma langue maternelle est anglais, mais je prefère français parce que je pense que français est plus belle que anglais. Français était la langue diplomatique et aujourd'hui il est utilizé dans beaucoup des organizations internationales, par example: FIFA, IOC, Medicins sans Frontières, etc. J'adore Français. (Mais j'adore l'espangol et portugais aussi. :) )

[@motodin4210]

Fucking glad that I dated an english woman and got her help to improve my english

[@villipoi]

It's pretty obvious that you can speak Norwegian if you lived in Norway for 12 years :) Tror du skreiv litt feil :p

[@BasicTG]

Dont wont to ruined the fun, but this is a Norwegian comedy show. sooooo, he can actually speak English :)

[@tungstenwhizard4361]

Basic what happens in my Japanese class...

[@FennerenDrawsOo]

I would love to learn Chinese or Korean.. Our govermen decided we had to do two types of norwegian (different grammar and all that) + english + ether german, spanish or french, so it doesn't relay make me feel better no, but thatnks for trying :) Though, I think ether Korean or Chinese would be harder to learn than all those combined.

[@samanthajags5945]

Can Norwegians understand Yorkshire slang? Yorkshire people use many old Norse words, as Yorkshire was part of the Viking kingdom and many have Norwegian heritage even if they don`t know it , but Yorkshire people use words like Oreyt = Alright, and Owt = Anything

[@deadspiritaspen]

The northern parts of Norway can speak English. Because we have a tone that start high and go lower on end while the south start high and end high. Also the younger generation in norway is the ones that talk well norewegian..

[@money763]

Are you guys even.... dont you... nevermind

[@lakostal]

This is true, i'm swedish and everytime i go to Norway i speak english cause i dont understand what they say and they can never respond cause anyone can hardly speak english in Norway..

[@TheSocalkid92]

I don't know if you got the other two comment posts I sent days ago because KZbin has a habit of not posting all my comments...I was saying that of course it is necessary when you move to another country and live there, you must assimilate into that new culture, society, and language 100%...but if you are doing business there for 1 day or just visiting as a tourist for a couple of days or weeks, then just learn a few phrases and words in their language to be polite. Takk! :)

[@smartercat]

@Finskelars lol you obviously don't know that some people have learning skills and just like some people learn languages easily some have difficulties. And obviously he know more then one word -.-

[@sunniva8263]

Okey, people! This is norwegian comedians just so you know!

[@henrikloberg]

Below 65.

[@AbbasGhullami]

Det var godt å høre min venn!!!

[@Fawrikawl]

Oh, nonono. You're thinking of the French! :p

[@TheSocalkid92]

But if we were to visit your country as a tourist or for a business meeting, it is common for Americans to learn basic phrases or words in your language to be polite and show you we care...basic words such as "please" and "thank you"...

[@HesseJamez]

Agree - I never met a norwegian who didn't speak english - this is not France!

[@TheSocalkid92]

The only thing you can do, I suppose, would be to write your political leaders, specifically the leaders of the Quebecois Party, and join the separatists movement which has almost succeeded in their attempt to secede Quebec from Canada in 1995. But they lost the vote by less than 1%. If you join the movement and a vote like this comes about again, then your vote can make a difference and Quebec's succession would ensure the survival of the Francophone culture, with immigration restriction...

[@crayonmccoolihan4619]

nice good

[@mytubeuser02]

i knew this had to be a comedy immediately as the first guy just walked away mid sentence. :P "normal, slow american english". it's slow because you guys speak so freaking fast. my american brain can't keep up.

[@samaimdeda]

Haha Korean is easy! Its a very literal language and it has an alphabet... but you can combine them in hundreds of thousands of ways to make hundred of thousands of sounds... but its still easier than Chinese. XD And on top of English and Chinese, we have to take in class either French, German or Spanish too! :0

[@FennerenDrawsOo]

I have no problem learningenglish, I am not great at it, but I understand the ned of a language most people can understand when out traveling. What I dont understand if why I have to learn two types norwegian, almost same kind og words, but different grammar, and spanish, when am I ever going to use that? They just make my grades worse by forsing me to take a language I dont want to learn.