| Typisk norsk | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Magazine program |
| Created by | Dropout Productions, Rubicon TV |
| Country of origin | Norway |
| Original language | Norwegian |
| Production | |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NRK |
| Release | 24 March 2004 (2004-3-24) |
Typisk norsk (lit. 'Typical Norwegian') is a news and magazine program about language and communication produced by Dropout Productions (seasons 1 and 2) and Rubicon TV (season 3) forNRK. Three seasons of the program were produced (2004, 2005, and 2006).[1] The concept is inspired by the SwedishSVT-produced seriesVärsta språket (lit. 'The Worst Language') withFredrik Lindström as the host.
Petter Schjerven is the host ofTypisk norsk. The program covers interesting topics in language and communication, among others. It also deals with language enthusiasts and researchers and discusses problems with theNorwegian language.
The first season had 453,000 viewers, the second season 553,000,[2] and the third 622,000.[1]
Typisk norsk won theGullruten Award in 2005 forBest Culture or Magazine Program andBest Male Host.[2] In 2006, the editors of the program receivedDen Store Journalistprisen [no].[3]
Typisk norsk has covered, among other things:
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In 2005,Typisk norsk'sPetter Schjerven presented the new letterkjell on the program, a letter to prevent thekj sound from being replaced bysj and disappearing from the language.
The letterkjell was proposed as a newletter of theNorwegian alphabet in 2005. It was a humorous proposal to promote theprescriptively correct pronunciation of thevoiceless palatal fricative ([ç]), which is written⟨kj⟩ in standard orthography, and oppose the growing tendency to pronounce it as avoiceless postalveolar fricative ([ʃ]) orvoiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant ([ɕ]), written⟨sj⟩ or⟨skj⟩, as the first sound in the wordskjorte ("shirt";/ʃuʈə/).
The voiceless palatal fricative ([ç]) is unstable in many Norwegian dialects and is disappearing from the speech of young people; younger speakers inBergen,Stavanger andOslo even merge/ç/ into thevoiceless retroflex sibilant/ʂ/.[4]
The proposal for the new letter was created by design agencySDG and presented by Petter Schjerven in the television programTypisk norsk. A similarglyph had been used before for/ç/ in the Norwegian phonetic transcriptionNorvegia, which has roots dating back to 1884.