I came across this little worksheet stuck in a bush in front of the elementary school right outside my flat. I guess this explains why all the Danes speak English so well... they learn it starting right in elementary school from this handy little "American English" work book. With only 5.5 million Danes, they are forced to be bilingual, which would be an understatement considering most of them also speak Swedish and/or German (which are not as similar as I was lent to believe.) In high school, they choose another language to take another four years of (mainly French or Spanish.) Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Swedish, German... I don't know how they keep them all straight, but then again, I am a student of the American education system.
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Can you spell IKEA? A store in Oconomowoc Wisconsin is still a rumor back home. I spoke with someone today who said that they saw something on the IKEA website about it. For a Swede in America it wouldn't hurt to have an IKEA in your own backyard!
I'm pretty sure that's not American English Ben. They said to use the plural verbs with collective nouns (which Brits do but we don't), the football refernce (our soccer) and of course the whole pounds reference... but I guess it's still English.
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