Hello world!

[mummimamma]

Name: Mummimamma

Age: In 14 days I'll be 42. I expect all the answers to the life, universe and everything will revealed to me.

Location: Normally Bergen, Norway, but for the next couple of weeks I'm in Athens (the one with the Acropolis)

Languages: My journaling is in English. I read all Scandinavian languages, Greek, and reasonable French and German as well. And Latin - in case anyone is writing in Latin I'd *love* to read it.

Describe yourself in 5 sentences or less:
Norwegian linguist (hence all the languages) who thinks all evils can be solved with enough tea (preferably Assam) and a long leisurely breakfast.
I love reading, talking and thinking about things.
I am extrovert, and sometimes I feel like minority on the net.
I also love chocolate and running slowly (and then eating more chocolate. And drinking beer)

Top 5 fandoms:
I'm a venerate lurker in several fandoms
Harry Potter was the first one, which I'm currently having a fling with.
I occasionally participate in the Bujold fandoms Vorkosiverse and Five Gods.
Also I think I am falling out of love with Sherlock.
And I love meta - is that a fandom?

I mostly post about:
Myself! (it's my journal after all).
I try to keep some kind of booklog and academic work log as well

My last 3 posts were about:
Two entries about getting installed in Athens and the last one about a dream I had and my forays on Greek Tinder

How often do you post:
So far in 2017 I have posted 21 times, so a little more than once per week. Although sometimes there are several post in one week, and some weeks I don't post at all. I'm trying to write more regularly though.

How about commenting:
I try to comment regularly, at least if I have something to say.

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Comments

[cosmolinguist]

I'm interested in languages and Scandinavia (my grandmother's family is from Norway though she grew up in an age when learning anything other than English was discouraged in the U.S.), and reading and beer. :) Adding you.

[mummimamma]

Books and beer are important!

It's so sad when children don't get to learn their parents' language. Especially since children learn things like this easily. I know there is a small Norwegian(-ish) speaking group in the US, although they seem to be dying out as well.

Do you know where your grandmother's family came from?

[cosmolinguist]

I know her family lived on a farm (and then moved to rural Minnesota, another farm), but I don't know where in Norway that was, sadly. Now I'm an immigrant myself so too far away to see her and ask her questions like this. I miss her a lot.