complete failure of "dad" gene.....
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lost_in_thought wrote:But... but... how do they spell Sweden without the w?
Did you never collect stamps as a child?Pannier, 120rpm.0 -
TGOTB wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:But... but... how do they spell Sweden without the w?
Did you never collect stamps as a child?
I may have been joking just a teeny weeny bit0 -
TGOTB wrote:Pronunciation:
å - a bit like "oar"
ä - a bit like "air"
ö - a bit like "err"
Snö is therefore pronounced "Snerr"
As someone else said, they're extra letters as opposed to accents (though, for some reason, the Swedes appear to have abandoned the letter W to compensate).
The Swedes also have several different words for what we call a toboggan, which causes endless confusion when talking to my bilingual kids...
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I couldn't make a snowman either. So I went to some chav street in Kent and nicked one. :twisted:0
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To continue the mature theme here, isn't the Swedish word for 'speed' a bit fnarr fnarr? I remember seeing signs on the motorway near Stockholm saying 'Fart Control' :P"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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JonGinge wrote:TGOTB wrote:Pronunciation:
å - a bit like "oar"
ä - a bit like "air"
ö - a bit like "err"
Snö is therefore pronounced "Snerr"
As someone else said, they're extra letters as opposed to accents (though, for some reason, the Swedes appear to have abandoned the letter W to compensate).
The Swedes also have several different words for what we call a toboggan, which causes endless confusion when talking to my bilingual kids...
*hides screen from boss*
Funnily enough that was my exact thought. Sweden is in East Yorkshire!Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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nicklouse wrote:in Swedish the two dots on the ö and the ä are called Pricks.
Hey, I have an a with an umlaut in my surname (Estonian ancestry) From now on you may refer to me as the dog with threeFCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
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SimonAH wrote:nicklouse wrote:in Swedish the two dots on the ö and the ä are called Pricks.
Hey, I have an a with an umlaut in my surname (Estonian ancestry) From now on you may refer to me as the dog with three
and I'm particuarly proud of my fada 8)Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0