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>but u, living in spain, call yr own self norwegian >what about yr kids?
yeah.. but i am home in norway now, after living for two years in spain. And the short two years have left an impact, "challenging" my norwegian culture abit.
If my kids would grow up in spain, even with us talking norwegian in our home, they would be 90% spanish and 10% norwegian. If i was very conscious about making them stick to their norwegian heritage, they would become 75% spanish 25% norwegian at best - and as they raise their kids, even if they try hard, that percentage of norwegianness will decrease, unless they actually spend large parts of their lives in norway. If, after many generations, they still try hard to maintain their norwegianness, it easily becomes only as the stereotypical surface statement that i talked about (at least in the case of norwegians abroad)
>it's different, but one stems from the other. so, for >example, a norwegian american generally would have cultural >differences in their upbringing from, say, a korean american
Mh that's true, a person of norwegian heritage (even if it is 10 generations back) is a person of norwegian heritage. But the true connection to norwegian culture is in most cases so minimal or removed that it is basically just a political statement, _almost_ like how some african americans say they are africans. (not exactly the same because norwegian americans have different reasons for using their heritage as a statement than african americans - and it probably isn't very political compared to af-ams)
-> -> -> -> -> -> -> you will always go where the arrow points.
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