English and Norwegian

Look up English in Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Look up english in Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English can refer to:

• anything from England.
• the English language.
• the English people.
• a technique in billiards and related games, also spelt "english".

It is also the name given to:

• English, Indiana a city in the United States.
• English studies, an academic discipline.
• English programming language, derived from SQL.
• Johnny English, a comic movie starring Rowan Atkinson.
• English (font), a typeface.
• The English, a book written by Jeremy Paxman.

As an adjective Norwegian refers to something originating from Norway. As a noun it may have several meanings:

• The Norwegian language, a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, and including any of its regional dialects.
• One or both of the two official written forms of the Norwegian language:
  • Bokmål.
  • Nynorsk.

• The Norwegian people, who are also refered to as: Nordmenn; Northmen; and Norsemen.
• The Norwegian Air Shuttle, a low-cost airline.
• A rugged type of insulated food container designed for mass catering out of doors, as used by the British Army, and known as "Norwegian Containers", popularly abbreviated to "Norwegian".
• A pullover type of thermal shirt with a distinctive roll neck, used by the British Army, and known as a "Norwegian Shirt", popularly abbreviated as a "Norwegian". Norwegians themselves refer to a similar shirt as an Icelander. The Icelander is a knitted norwegian cotton sweater, usually in black and white.