I decided to learn Swedish

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

5 reasons:

Sweden is purdy
<img src="http://p.vtourist.com/2427643-Beautiful_Stockholm-Stockholm.jpg"></img>

Opeth!

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Mikael%C3%85kerfeldtWOA2006.jpg/399px-Mikael%C3%85kerfeldtWOA2006.jpg"></img>

Nadia Bjorlin

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/Nadiabjorlin.jpg"></img>

I want to be able to sound very annoyed when I am angry

http://www.blabbermouth.net/yngwie_tokyo_flight.mp3

Last but not least,

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Swedish_chef.jpg"></img>

bork bork bork!

[Unchainme]

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[Dan]

You should try to learn the kiwi Language.

[Ally_Kat]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
Last but not least,

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Swedish_chef.jpg"></img>

bork bork bork!

Best reason ever!


I read somewhere, some time ago, that Norwegians are more apt to understand the other Scandinavian languages. I know we got a lot of you Finnish boys. You guys know anything about that? (I'm just curious if it's bullshit or what.)

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Ally_Kat
I read somewhere, some time ago, that Norwegians are more apt to understand the other Scandinavian languages. I know we got a lot of you Finnish boys. You guys know anything about that? (I'm just curious if it's bullshit or what.)

Most likely true, given that Norwegian is kinda like a gumbo of three different languages. (Danish, Swedish and Icelandic, IMO.)

Then again, I'm the guy who thinks the Dutch language is German with heavy slurring and a drawl.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

I find Icelandic absolutely disgusting.


Originally posted by Ally_Kat
Best reason ever!


Even more than Opeth!?


I want to say "In the Mist she was standing" some day in Swedish.



Probably something like Jå böörk bork förstår üyk bork bork ska.

[Dr. Love]

kaknoob

[Ally_Kat]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
I find Icelandic absolutely disgusting.



Isn't Icelandic the closest language we have today to what the Vikings spoke?

[Rikk]

I'm Swedish. Seriously.

It's not an easy language. In fact, I never really learned it...

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Ally_Kat
Isn't Icelandic the closest language we have today to what the Vikings spoke?


Yep, I believe it has barely changed since 700 AD (I knew an Icelandic women, spoke perfect English, not even an accent).



Originally posted by Rikk
I'm Swedish. Seriously.

It's not an easy language. In fact, I never really learned it...

Yeah, the pronunciation is very hard for me so far.

[Nitro Express]

Iceland was founded by Norske Vikings and not Swedish Vikings.

Iceland is a good place to get laid and they have some cute girls there.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Nitro Express


Iceland is a good place to get laid and they have some cute girls there.

Switching languages!

[Golden AWe]

Icelandic is the most difficult one for me. Swedish is our second national language so by knowing swedish it is also quite easy to read danish and norwegian, and from those, norwegian is a bit easier to speak.

So I manage well with spoken swedish and can communicate a little in norwegian and danish. My written swedish is not perfect but:

Golden AWe säger att det är mycket viktig att klara liten svenska om man vill ha en chans att fukta sig spetsen med alla de vackra flickor från Sverige!

[Ally_Kat]

Originally posted by Golden AWe
Icelandic is the most difficult one for me. Swedish is our second national language so by knowing swedish it is also quite easy to read danish and norwegian, and from those, norwegian is a bit easier to speak.

So I manage well with spoken swedish and can communicate a little in norwegian and danish. My written swedish is not perfect but:
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Ally makes a mental note to kidnap Awe so he can help her seduce the cute Scandinavian guy she randomly bumps into on the train :D

[Golden AWe]

Ally...try to just say "hi" in swedish...

"Hejsan!"

pronounced something like "hay-sun"...in case he is swedish...

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Golden AWe
Golden AWe säger att det är mycket viktig att klara liten svenska om man vill ha en chans att fukta sig spetsen med alla de vackra flickor från Sverige!

I'm pretty rusty, but I'm sure that means something very rude...

[Rikk]

Originally posted by Golden AWe
Ally...try to just say "hi" in swedish...

"Hejsan!"

pronounced something like "hay-sun"...in case he is swedish...

You can still just say "hay", or even "hay-hay" if you want to say goodbye (and sound really gay).

Of course if the guy on the train pisses you off, you can say "Hol-shiften".

Well, that's about the extent of my Swedish that I learned growing up... (okay, there's more than that...but not much more)

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Golden AWe


Golden AWe säger att det är mycket viktig att klara liten svenska om man vill ha en chans att fukta sig spetsen med alla de vackra flickor från Sverige!

No matter what you just said, it looks so COOL!

[Ally_Kat]

Originally posted by Coyote
I'm pretty rusty, but I'm sure that means something very rude...

Our sweet lil Golden Awe? Nawwwwwh :D

[Golden AWe]

Originally posted by Golden AWe
Golden AWe säger att det är mycket viktig att klara liten svenska om man vill ha en chans att fukta sig spetsen med alla de vackra flickor från Sverige!

It says "GA says that it is very important to know a little swedish to be able to "dip the top of it" in all those beautiful chicks from Sweden..."

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Ally_Kat
Our sweet lil Golden Awe? Nawwwwwh :D


Originally posted by Golden AWe
It says "GA says that it is very important to know a little swedish to be able to "dip the top of it" in all those beautiful chicks from Sweden..."

Ok, something mildly rude, then... :D

[Golden AWe]

"fukta sig spetsen" = kostuttaa kärkeä

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Golden AWe
"fukta sig spetsen" = kostuttaa kärkeä

tajusin kyllä. :)

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Golden AWe
"fukta sig spetsen" = kostuttaa kärkeä

Finnish looks so cool! Why did I have to learn a gay-ass language like español... so common :(

[Ally_Kat]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
Why did I have to learn a gay-ass language like español... so common :(

Because it is so common in this country?

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Ally_Kat
Because it is so common in this country?

Yeah, but I could have picked something very cool (it was available to me).

[Ally_Kat]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
Yeah, but I could have picked something very cool (it was available to me).

Yeah, but you'll use Spanish more. Since you think it's cool and you have a passion for it, you're more apt to stick with the language on your own study and you can always learn it whenever you have the chance. With Spanish, it's becoming a necessity. It would be more beneficial to learn it in an academic setting.

It's like with me and German. German was available to me and I wanted to learn it so much because my father's side all spoke it and I didn't. He signed me up for Spanish instead, saying I would understand when I was older. And I do, now. It's helped many times. And I still have all these avenues to learn German that I seek out on my own cuz it's something I want to learn. I wouldn't have learned Spanish on my own accord.

[Last_Child]

Originally posted by Coyote
Most likely true, given that Norwegian is kinda like a gumbo of three different languages. (Danish, Swedish and Icelandic, IMO.)

Then again, I'm the guy who thinks the Dutch language is German with heavy slurring and a drawl.

Yeah, but then again.. Danish is just Norwegian with heavy slurring! :D

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Last_Child
Yeah, but then again.. Danish is just Norwegian with heavy slurring! :D

Propably due to the potato in their throats... :D

[Nitro Express]

I took German in high school because Spanish was full. I then took three years of it in college. I never use it. I have never technically taken Cantonese but picked up the tones in Hong Kong and Cantonese is comming back there; even though, the northern Chinese tried to force Mandarin on everybody.

The truth about China is everywhere has it's own dialect and they don't even understand each other. LOL! The educated speak English and the uneducated use lots of hand signals. Big deal. You still can barter and make deals. Some money and "Fucky, Sucky" still will get you something in most of Asia. LOL!

[Golden AWe]

The younger Princess of Sweden....

http://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/6202178_vi.jpg

[Last_Child]

Originally posted by Coyote
Propably due to the potato in their throats... :D

Of course! :D

But then again the only finnish words we norwegians know is "Perkele!" thanks to one of our comedians.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dh7Tm7ETQo

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Last_Child
Of course! :D

But then again the only finnish words we norwegians know is "Perkele!" thanks to one of our comedians.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dh7Tm7ETQo

It's an international word, kinda like "fuck", "shit" or "Ikea".

[Last_Child]

tells how much finnish we know :D

[Golden AWe]

Learn this: IME MUNAA.

English speaking would pronounce it something like this...E-MAY MOW-NAA

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by Golden AWe
The younger Princess of Sweden....

http://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/6202178_vi.jpg

My Norwegian grandfather said they went to Sweden and stole the women there. Damn. I can see why.