American Reacts to Americans FAILING Questions About Norway

As an American I am well aware that most Americans know nothing about Norway, but I am still a bit disappointed every time I am reminded of it. Today I am interested in seeing how Americans respond to questions about Norway and Norwegian culture, and if we are as ignorant as I believe we are. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!

[sainttrmsoo]

Calling a Norwegian Swedish is the biggest insult in Norway, the only one that comes close is calling us Danish

[Mobraks]

The driver said: Hei, hei. Her er jeg
He said it with a perfect pronunciation. Translated "Hi Hi, Here I am"
Then he said "Jeg elsker Norge". Translated "I love Norway".

[eivindmn]

Tyler has started to become a true European. Looking at videos of Americans failing simple geography questions is basically all we do over here ;)

[ysteinfjr]

What I learned today is Norway is a Dutch town in Sweden where they speak German, French and Spanish. Not at all the country where I grew up and live in. 😉

[NorwegianNoLife]

To be honest it is perfectly okay to say "I have no idea". Being confidently wrong is entertaining though haha

[sognsvann]

09:50 we have to choose between german, spanish or french in school as our third landuage. But it is not our first landuage 😂

[ingvildkvakestad]

I am happy that they knew that Europe is not a country and no one said Norway is the capital of Sweden that is good.

[karebear]

To Norway America seems very self obsessed, if it isn't about America they don't really care.

While Norway try to learn about other languages, french, Spanish and german is learned as a 3rd language in middle school for 3 years. In addition to English as our second language.

[olahaldor]

You should look for ALT FOR NORGE, it's a TV show where Americans with Norwegian roots compete to get to meet their Norwegian relatives!

[olenilsen]

That guy in the Mazda deserves a "lusekofte" !!! He really knows a lot! He can even communicate like a drunk Norwegian! @14:15 ;D But seriously - we can say things like that even sober. If it was taken out of context, I wouldn´t be able to tell. But in best case, he would mimic some kind of hi-de-ho-phrase amongst friends. It doesn´t mean anything besides that.

OMG - I love when he makes that comment about making shoes! Also - the town where I was born was also known for making shoes! Besides making me, that is...

The Norwegian descendants thing might be true. A LOT of Norwegians emigrated to the promised land at the time. The "path to the North thing" is accurate - in Norwegian it´s derived from the old language Nordvegur - pretty similar to modern days Icelandic. And yeah, we´re pretty much the same size as Montana, only stretched out to a very narrow string alongside Sweden. No wonder we call those people brothers, huh?

[MessyMeep]

"Hei hei, her er jeg" is what the driver said. Meaning "Hi hi, here i am" =)
He also said "Jeg elsker Norge" which means "I love Norway".

[Orikix]

As a Norwegian, who is a little too interested in geography, I can speak Norwegian, German and English. I understand Swedish, Danish and a little Icelandic. I can name every country in the world on a map as well as almost every capital city. Americans simply lack important knowledge😢

[norseman]

The "Heihei, her er jeg" threw me off, he sounded like a norwegian xD But the "Jeg elsker Norge" sounded like an american trying to speak swedish 😆

[denisspratt]

Why all the people in USA are calling Norway for Sweden or Denmark.
Well it doesn't really surprise me.
Most people from the US call themselves Americans.
America isn´t a country but two continents.
But somehow people in USA are Americans but people in Mexico, Brazil etc. are not.
To me that says a lot about the people in USA.

[masterofmadness]

5:16 trains and trikks are different, trains go long distances, but the trikk is used to get around in big towns like Oslo

[RuthlessMetalYT]

U.S.A.? Is that where they play ice-hockey and have a giant red leaf on their shirts?

[ivinnerikstephansen]

It’s alot of flooding in the south eastern part of Norway now. You should read about that Tyler. It’s totally Texas there now.

[Alex_G_M]

I’m half Norwegian and half Dutch. Norway might be small population-wise but very large geographically. You could fit the entire Netherlands in just the region/state/province I live.

[mikevik]

Who in Norway calls the train for "trik" ? A trik is a Tram, Train is Tog.

[sundhaug]

14:25 yeah he basically said "Hi hi, here I am"
15:09 he said "I love Norway"