Talk:Bergensk

Sociolects
I removed the following anon edit (added 09-Feb-2006) because it its not very accurate:
 * Bergensk has at least two sociolects: Kalfaretbergensk, named after the former upper-class Kalfaret part of Bergen, which is almost analogous to Riksmål. This sociolect is about to disappear. Recent development has seen the emergence of Fanabergensk, mostly spoken in the suburbs Paradis and Hop, which is similar to Bokmål. Sissel Kyrkjebø is a speaker of the latter.

The names of the Bergen sociolects are more often referred to as "posh bergensk" (close to Riksmål/Bokmål) and "street bergensk" (close to Bokmål/Nynorsk) than linked to specific geographic areas. The "posh bergensk" may be shifting from Riksmål towards Bokmål, but it is not disappearing. And it may be spoken by anyone anywhere, even striler. However, I think it would be more interesting to describe the differences between "posh" and "street", and also the fact that there are several dialects within Bergen, not just sociolects. --Eddi (Talk) 15:57, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * If gatebergensk (street bergensk) and finbergensk (posh bergensk) aren't sociolects, what is a sociolect? Gatebergensk versus finbergensk seem to me like the prime example of sociolects within one dialect. --Aqwis 21:32, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Language?
What kind of crap is this? I am Norwegian.. born and bred. We have TWO languages in Norway. Whats next? Analyse every single American dialect? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomV71 (talk • contribs) 13:00, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I suggest that you re-read this article. It doesn't say Bergensk is a language, it says it is a dialect of Norwegian. The two languages you're talking about are not languages either, but rather just two written standards of a single language (Norwegian). Peter238 (talk) 14:23, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Definite form of given names source?
Having read this section I found it interesting and wanted to find out more, unfortunately there is no source provided and googling this only returns results copying Wikipedia. I have asked a friend from Bergen about this and they have said they aren't familiar with this being a regular feature but it may be used for nicknames. This claim also doesn't appear in the Norwegian version of this page. If this is not from a reliable source should it be removed? 212.250.152.253 (talk) 13:44, 26 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I have found that the bergensk dialect article on store norske leksikon says this, I have added a link to the article and rewritten the section to reflect the article. I'm not so good at editing wikipedia so if someone is able to clean up my edits that would be nice. 212.250.152.197 (talk) 17:10, 20 March 2024 (UTC)