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General => News => Topic started by: pingo on September 29, 2009, 10:50:59

Title: New playmobil sites
Post by: pingo on September 29, 2009, 10:50:59
Playmobil Finland and Playmobil Sweden
http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-FI-Site (http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-FI-Site)
http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-SE-Site (http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-SE-Site)
Now I only waiting for the Danish site to get started  ;)
Pingo
Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: Richard on September 29, 2009, 13:23:09



It's interesting that both the Swedish and Finnish sites are in English, but the new 2009-2010 online Catalogs are in Swedish and in Finnish.

Wonder why Playmobil didn't have the Sweden site in Swedish and the Finland site in Finnish?



Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: Rasputin on September 29, 2009, 14:11:24
Thanks Pingo , that actually is quite useful in regards to them having the new sets and in English as Richard mentioned .
Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: playmofire on September 29, 2009, 14:54:16
Quote from: Richard on September 29, 2009, 13:23:09


It's interesting that both the Swedish and Finnish sites are in English, but the new 2009-2010 online Catalogs are in Swedish and in Finnish.

Wonder why Playmobil didn't have the Sweden site in Swedish and the Finland site in Finnish?



Until 1809, Finland was part of Sweden and was dual language, with Swedish being the minority language.  Nowadays, both countries have elements of the population who speak one or other or both languages.
Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: Richard on September 29, 2009, 15:23:58


Thanks, Gordon ...

But, that still doesn't explain why both the Swedish and Finnish Playmobil sites are in English ... ???

All the best,
Richard

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Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: Martin Milner on September 29, 2009, 15:49:09
Quite.

I'm going to guess that all Swedish and Finnish people can read and speak English, probably better than most English people, and neither Swedish nor Finnish are widely used languages on the internet.

The catalogue is different as it is a representation of an actual real-world catalogue.
Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: Richard on September 29, 2009, 15:53:34


Seems like a pretty good guess, Martin ...  :yup:

Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: playmofire on September 29, 2009, 15:56:18
Quote from: Richard on September 29, 2009, 15:23:58

Thanks, Gordon ...

But, that still doesn't explain why both the Swedish and Finnish Playmobil sites are in English ... ???

All the best,
Richard

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I was thinking along the same lines as Martin for the answer to that one.  English (of one sort or another) is the language of the internet.
Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: Richard on September 29, 2009, 16:02:27



Gordon, it would appear that you, Martin and I may have really lucked out with "English" as our native tongue, since we all speak (more or less) the same language ... ;)
Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: Knight Train on September 29, 2009, 16:44:39
I'm going to guess that all Swedish and Finnish people can read and speak English, probably better than most English people, and neither Swedish nor Finnish are widely used languages on the internet.
 (http://I'm going to guess that all Swedish and Finnish people can read and speak English, probably better than most English people, and neither Swedish nor Finnish are widely used languages on the internet.)

A friend of mine from Sweden explained this to me using this logic.  Education is free all the way through university and in many fields of study there are no Swedish or Finnish textbooks, so they standardized on English textbooks.  So, you need to have a good grasp of English to make it through college and they start teaching English in lower grade levels.

I don't know if this is true, but it seems plausible.
Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: pingo on September 29, 2009, 17:04:06
Look at the price for the Family van 299 SEK it is 29.20 EUR :o

pingo
Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: cachalote on September 29, 2009, 19:51:25
www.playmobil.com
 :yup: and there are also new sites for norway and denmark (design in progress)...
 :) and a new one for greece (already working)...
 :-\ and i think that maybe the belgium and luxembourg regional sites are new.
Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: Martin Milner on September 30, 2009, 09:38:00
Quote from: Richard on September 29, 2009, 16:02:27


Gordon, it would appear that you, Martin and I may have really lucked out with "English" as our native tongue, since we all speak (more or less) the same language ... ;)

Heh, but I'm going to have to cope with American English soon! I'm having great tutoring from my wife, but I still trip up once in a while.
Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: Richard on September 30, 2009, 15:42:49


Hello, Martin ...

Learning "American English" can be quite tricky ...  :lol:

But, don't give up. I'm sure that your friends back in England will be very impressed ...  ::)

All the best and welcome to the USA,
Richard

Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: Rasputin on September 30, 2009, 16:06:18
Quote from: Richard on September 29, 2009, 16:02:27


Gordon, it would appear that you, Martin and I may have really lucked out with "English" as our native tongue, since we all speak (more or less) the same language ... ;)

Richard don't kid yourself, nobody speaks "your language"    :P
Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: Richard on September 30, 2009, 16:08:56


Quote from: Rasputin on September 30, 2009, 16:06:18

Richard don't kid yourself, nobody speaks "your language"    :P



Ain't that the truth ...  :lol:

Title: Re: New playmobil sites
Post by: pingo on October 14, 2009, 20:20:15
 :D yes yes yes playmobil Denmark is running
http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-DK-Site

pingo