On The Danish Language

The Danes, unlike the Czechs, at least have enough vowels to go around. However, they seem to have accomplished this only by succumbing to the peculiar pan-Scandinavian need to invent entirely new ones. I mean, everyone's heard of the umlaut, and that smushed-together A and E thing (so i am led to understand) has some sort of meaningful reason to exist. But an A with a circle over the top? Obviously some Vikings around 1100 A.D. or so had just a little too much time on their hands between pillagings.

"Hey Sven."

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"Sven. Wake up."

"eh...what...ya, Ollie?"

"Hey, i was just thinking. You know what would be really cool to have in our language? Another O - but get this - with a slash through it. Killer! Am i right?"