Honestly; I hate when tourists do that, because it gives me linguistic whiplash and then i can’t parse the first English sentence following the greeting.
I know the French seem to be more friendly and cooperative if you start out with whatever little French you might know, but Scandinavians generally prefer if you just start out in English.
To be fair, I’m not actively going out of my way to be like “Hejsa, hvordan går det?” - I just say Hi with a very Scandinavian inflection as that’s how I’ve always said it, and I’m not technically a tourist either, I’m here for work.
Honestly; I hate when tourists do that, because it gives me linguistic whiplash and then i can’t parse the first English sentence following the greeting.
I know the French seem to be more friendly and cooperative if you start out with whatever little French you might know, but Scandinavians generally prefer if you just start out in English.
To be fair, I’m not actively going out of my way to be like “Hejsa, hvordan går det?” - I just say Hi with a very Scandinavian inflection as that’s how I’ve always said it, and I’m not technically a tourist either, I’m here for work.