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From: "Susan Sue" <>
Subject: Re: [Dan-Sur] Language
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 09:26:25 -0500
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Thanks for your input hhanson, especially on the last name Pedersen as it is my Danish surname (or maiden name & was changed to Petersen in U.S.A.) I'm researching. I like saying it better with the "d" though!! Per er sen just doesn't sound good to me! Sue.
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From: hhanson<mailto:>
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Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 7:26 AM
Subject: [Dan-Sur] Language


Since everyone is talking about the Dansk language, I must tell you some of my experience.

I am 60 yers old an in 1999, tried to make contact with Aunt Lilly who had been to Texas, in 1950 to visit my grandfather. Aunt Lilly stayed in contact with my Aunt Kathrine, Dad's sister through the years, but now Aunt Katherine now has Alzheimers, but at least I got the address from her.

I wrote Aunt Lilly, but after several months, I resolved to myself that Aunt Lilly had probably passed away. She had no children. Then to my surprise after 6 months I got a letter from my third cousin Liss, who checked in on Aunt Lilly from time to time, she explained that Aunt Lilly didn't remember English anymore and eventually moved her to a Nursing home because she had Alzheimers.

Liss had no idea that she had relations in America much less Texas. We began to write back and forth by e-mail and Liss had a very good command of the English language even for her age 60+.

One time, with my handy Danish / English dictionary by my side I wrote Liss a note in Dansk. Liss wrote me back and ask me to also write my message in English so that she could understand what I was talking about. The Danish language has three more vowels than the English lanuguage and it has many compound words that aren't in the dictionary, but have to be looked up in phrases.

I live in College Station, Texas a very big University town and learned four years ago that the Womens golf team had a Danish student on scholarship. I contacted the coach and got her e-mail address and we have been friends every since. She has translated several things for me and has hepled me understand some of the language.

If you think the Danish Language is difficult to read, then wait until you try to pronounce it. The name Pedersen is a classic example. You don't pronounce the "D" when it is in the middle of a word or name. So " Pedersen" is pronounced more like Per er sen.

Get a dictionary and a old map. Doing Genealogy only requires a few words and towns, plus "Herred" Districts, "Amt", counties and "Kirken" church,. That is where the records originated.

Good Luck

Mange venlig hilsen
Many Friendly Greetings

Anton Hansen


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