English or?

When starting this little thingy, I didn't see any other option than writing in English. For some reason I was hoping that a bit more people would read it, and writing in Norwegian would limit my number of readers quite a bit. Some posts might be of good use to an English reading person while a different might be interesting to a Norwegian. The level of English proficiency is quite high among the Norwegians: I therefore don't see making them read English as an issue. English is a language I feel I've made myself understood for many years, and I like it. I'd probably choose it for my field of studies if I had to choose all over again. Don't get me wrong, I'm not taking it lightly and that's one of the reasons to do it. I write in English not because it is easy but because it is hard (recognize that paraphrasing?).

Writing this in English and posting it online are two closely connected actions. Over the years I've befriended a lot of people from all over the world, right in my livingroom. In fact, one of my dearest friends is English. Making it unreadable for her would be rude. I want to make an effort in showing that I somewhat master her language and able to communicate. You get to know people mostly because of similar interests: I've met people in fanclubs, on discussion boards, gaming related sites etc. Having this common interest makes it easy to get to know one as there is already some bricks to use for the foundation. When I meet any new people face to face, things turn very awkward and very fast. Meeting people online makes it unecessary to leave the house, for good and for bad. It's a bit like cheating on your homework because the whole point of meeting people face to face is the training in how to socialize and not giving in to the anxiety.

Now, I've been thinking if there's any point in writing each post in Norwegian. The reason is that some things are very difficult to explain, even in my own language. You can imagine how it is in a foreign language. I don't want the reader to miss the point of what I'm writing. It'll be twice as much of work, though. How big the reward is for more work si hard to tell. Disregarding what I end up with, I hope that if any Norwegians, or Scandinavians for that matter, find anything unclear they message me.