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**Karina Wozniacki** · 10-11-2013, 04:36 PM

Text Cut: Emily

Karina narrowed her eyes slightly at the woman's comment. "Not many people understand Swedish in this area of the world. If any other language it would be French or German or Dutch or Spanish." She pointed out, also speaking Swedish. Yes, Swedish was close enough to Norwegian that they could converse with concentration, but other than that the probability of someone else knowing her language was very slight. It was a matter of odds that she had "assumed" the woman couldn't speak Swedish.

She personally agreed that surprise was a nasty thing, especially surprises like this one which took away an advantage she had. Even among Durmstrangers Swedish was a minority and so she had the upper hand in language there as well. It was an unpleasant shock to realize that here, especially here, she had a language partner.

Frowning slightly, she noted that when the woman spoke Swedish it was with a slight accent. Obviously she spoke it well enough to carry on a good conversation, but it was either a second language or very, very rusty. She would listen some more to try and discern where this woman was from.

Maybe if she got her talking more she could find out; in the meantime, Karina still had to answer the woman's question. "I'm observing now." she said slightly vague. Yes, of course she was participating, otherwise she would be back at Durmstrang studying, but there was no need for the woman to know that. Most likely this woman had already figured it out anyway. She scowled imperceptibly to herself and waited to hear more of this woman's accent.

10-11-2013, 04:36 PM	#111 (permalink)
Karina Wozniacki Puffskein Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,086 Hogwarts RPG Name: Karina Wozniacki Sixth Year	Text Cut: Emily Quote: Originally Posted by Hera For a girl who seemed to be on the ball and alert about her surroundings, she was a bit daft to consider that they were the only ones that spoke Swedish. Granted, she wasn't as fluent in the language as she was at the age of nine, but the girl didn't need to know. Emily was tempted, but not fooled into revealing the extent to which she was familiar with the language and by extension, the school. The girl probably wouldn't know her mother anyway, from memory her mother stopped teaching their seven years ago, opted for private tuition and curriculum development programs instead. Not to mention she wrote that heinous book. "It's best not to make assumptions," she noted, "överraskning, can be an unpleasant thing." She didn't make a direct response to the girls suggestion of talking sometime. They were talking now, and beyond that, she had no interest in the foreign visitor. Emily looked past the girl for a moment, observing the events in the arena. Snargaluff business, now that brought back memories. After noting that Hogwarts were doing reasonably well, Emily returned her attention to the girl. "Will you be competing? Or only observing?" She asked in Swedish, see, they were talking. Karina narrowed her eyes slightly at the woman's comment. "Not many people understand Swedish in this area of the world. If any other language it would be French or German or Dutch or Spanish." She pointed out, also speaking Swedish. Yes, Swedish was close enough to Norwegian that they could converse with concentration, but other than that the probability of someone else knowing her language was very slight. It was a matter of odds that she had "assumed" the woman couldn't speak Swedish. She personally agreed that surprise was a nasty thing, especially surprises like this one which took away an advantage she had. Even among Durmstrangers Swedish was a minority and so she had the upper hand in language there as well. It was an unpleasant shock to realize that here, especially here, she had a language partner. Frowning slightly, she noted that when the woman spoke Swedish it was with a slight accent. Obviously she spoke it well enough to carry on a good conversation, but it was either a second language or very, very rusty. She would listen some more to try and discern where this woman was from. Maybe if she got her talking more she could find out; in the meantime, Karina still had to answer the woman's question. "I'm observing now." she said slightly vague. Yes, of course she was participating, otherwise she would be back at Durmstrang studying, but there was no need for the woman to know that. Most likely this woman had already figured it out anyway. She scowled imperceptibly to herself and waited to hear more of this woman's accent.