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From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Subject: Re: Identify Languages
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Steinar Midtskogen wrote:
> =

> [Anders Blehr wrote]
> =

> > Both (i.e. no difference for this particular sentence (which goes to
> > show how close the two brands are and how completely ridiculous the
> > whole language war thing in Norway is)).
> =

> Sorry, "=E5pne" is bokm=E5l, while it has to be "opne" (or "opna") in
> nynorsk.

Assuming for the moment that Midtskogen is correct above, and
Blehr is wrong, I frame the following hypothesis:

	Bokm=E5l users tend to think Nynorsk is more similar
	to Bokm=E5l than is in fact the case.

Is this true?

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John Cowan						cowan@ccil.org
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