brgnorway 0 Posted July 7, 2002 Here's the story: I work as a night manager at a hotel. Every now and then the accidental tourist which happens to be an american proudly claims: "I'm Norwegian You know!". I find this a bit amusing you see, because there's absolutely nothing with his appearence that even remotely resembles any norwegian I have ever met. Far from it. This made me a rather curious so I visited the homepage of "Sons of Norway", an organisation for americans of norwegian origins. Funny thing is that they organize meals called "smörgĺsbord" wich by the way is a swedish term. It seems to me that the sum of all the social activities they have are......well...perhaps a bit over the top. It's like trying to be more royal the the royalty himself. To me all of this a static and distilled view of being "norwegian". Simply a myth if you ask me. Is this something special for americans of scandinavian origins, or does it apply for anglo-americans and spanish-americans etc.? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted July 7, 2002 i see it as human nature. america is a country composed of many ethnicities, and diversities. Great thing about diversity is that you get to learn about other aspects of societies. but what comes along with diversity is need for identity. when you have so many things that are given to you, you suddenly realize that there are numerous things that are around you, but you can't find the definition of you. i.e. identity crisis. so all those Norwegian Americans claims are a call for identity search. This is not just related to Norwegian-Americans, but also in many different ethnic groups. mostly, if first generation is an immigrant, second generation tries to forget his ancestory, but third generation tries to seek his/her ancestry. It's identity thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brgnorway 0 Posted July 7, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (RalphWiggum @ July 07 2002,06:35)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i see it as human nature. america is a country composed of many ethnicities, and diversities. Great thing about diversity is that you get to learn about other aspects of societies. but what comes along with diversity is need for identity. when you have so many things that are given to you, you suddenly realize that there are numerous things that are around you, but you can't find the definition of you. i.e. identity crisis. so all those Norwegian Americans claims are a call for identity search. This is not just related to Norwegian-Americans, but also in many different ethnic groups. mostly, if first generation is an immigrant, second generation tries to forget his ancestory, but third generation tries to seek his/her ancestry. It's identity thing. <span id='postcolor'> That sounds reasonable. I wonder what they think when visiting Norway. After all an english friend of mine described Norway as not very different from a us state. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WKK Gimbal 0 Posted July 7, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (RalphWiggum @ July 07 2002,06:35)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">you suddenly realize that there are numerous things that are around you, but you can't find the definition of you. i.e. identity crisis.<span id='postcolor'> I think this happens more and more all over the world, not just America. I also had an identity crisis until I decided to become a Ninja. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
advocatexxx 0 Posted July 7, 2002 A Danish Delight becoming a Japanese Ninja ? What is this world coming to ? What's next ? Russians actually landing on the Moon ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloney 0 Posted July 7, 2002 No... Everyone knows that NORWAY is going to the moon next Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 7, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (advocatexxx @ July 07 2002,14:29)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">A Danish Delight becoming a Japanese Ninja ?<span id='postcolor'> No, he has been sniffing glue again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zverushka 0 Posted July 7, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">What's next ? Russians actually landing on the Moon ? <span id='postcolor'>HEY! They were close! They almost landed before the Americans but the rocket blew up everyone died... *changes discussion* So frank, what dddi you do today? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
