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A fact from Norge, Virginia appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 October 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Norge, an unincorporated town in James City County, Virginia was established by Norwegian-Americans in the late 19th century?

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Request for photo

Would be nice with an image, especially since it's a Historical Town. :) the--dud 00:07, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

I live in Williamsburg, right next door, and volunteer at Norge's elementary school. I'd be happy to take a picture or two. However, not many very picturesque sites come to mind. Does anyone have any more specific requests I could hunt down? --BDD 09:58, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added a picture of the depot. If not up to standard I have more. --Brakeman Billy 11:35, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

blurb for DYK

Did You Know

...that Norge, an unincorporated town located in James City County, Virginia, was established by former Scandinavians? The town name (properly pronounced "Nor' ga") is the Norwegian spelling of Norway.

Vaoverland 03:59, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

- What is meant by "properly pronounced"? I'm Norwegian, and I've always pronouced it "Norge" (yup, that simple..).

kallemax 07:14, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That is what the published source said. However, I will remove this questioned item. Thanks, Vaoverland 08:02, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The source might be correct, (just think of how americans often pronounce norwegian words), and taking into account that the town was founded about a century ago, it's not unlikly that the local pronounciation has changed over the years. bjelleklang 11:47, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Bokmål" is actually written by approximately 82 % of Norway's population, not 85-90 %. Nynorsk is written by the remaining 18 %. Also, as a side note, "Norge" is written "Noreg" in nynorsk. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.187.190.50 (talk • contribs) 09:36, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's 85–90 % according to the article "Fakta om norsk språk" by professor Vikør. Dugnad (talk) 22:11, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Scandinavians"

Were the town's founders a diverse group of Scandinavians, or were they just Norwegians, as the name would suggest?--Pharos 00:07, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

One source cited described the settlers as Norwegian-Americans. The other two used the word "Scandinavians." The second word, although not as specific, is inclusive of the settlers described in both sources, which is why I chose it. However, the C&O land agent was Norwegian-American. I will add that fact to the article. Maybe with the DYK publicity, someone who has acces to more sources will be able to more definitively describe the enthinicity of the settlers.

Mark in Historic Triangle Vaoverland 01:56, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Properly pronounced "Nor' ga"". No, in Norwegian "Nor'ge". Arne — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.58.38.234 (talk • contribs) 11:32, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

---Norwegians ARE Scandinavians!!! Scandinavia is the region that contains Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.95.80.253 (talk) 15:43, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Those are the Nordic countries – Scandinavia is Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Dugnad (talk) 17:58, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pronounciation and stuff

Expressing pronounciation with normal letters doesn't work very well, nor does the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) on my computer. However, in Norwegian, the first vowel in Norge is pronounced like the vowel in law, and the second like the vowel in bed. Both vowels are short, and the stress is on the first one.

By the way, what is the population and area of Norge? Nordlending 09:45, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- That question may be hard to answer, as I don't think Norge, Virginia is a U.S. census-defined populated place (CDP), nor does it have well-defined boundaries. It is quickly becoming blurred with the once more clearly-separate communities of Toano to the west and Lightfoot to the east as James City County continues to develop rapidly. Vaoverland 08:47, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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