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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:05 PM Original message |
You're Not Wrong to Want to Be Swedish |
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teenagebambam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Plus they have ABBA |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. sounds like a minus to me |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. And meatballs |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. And Lutfisk.. |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Lucky me . . . |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. It's lutefisk. nt |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. and Lingonberries |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. And fjords. That's their real secret: fjords! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. It's Norway that has the fjords |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Yeah, but they stole them from Sweden, says this half-Dane |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Thank you, from another half-Norwegian. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:16 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Thanks to Slartybartfast. |
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dddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Not to mention Alexander Skarsgard |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. If I spoke a word of Swedish |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. But everybody in Sweden speaks really good English...or so I'm told. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I will naïvely claim that all three Scandinavian languages are roughly similar... |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. All I know is that Danish sounds very much stranger to my English speaking (only) ears. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
40. You're not kidding about the Finnish |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Tak. IKEA. Smörgåsbord. Volvo. Svenska Köttbullar. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. And "Hot dish" |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
43. Nej, tack |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I wouldn't leave Germany either. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I've been lucky in that respect |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Most Scandinavians speak multiple languages... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. I'm half Swedish |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. Bring a large inheritance |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 05:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. Don't let that stop you. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Even erstwhile liberal parties like the Democrats and Labour accept conservative premises." |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. I love getting reminded how lucky I am |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. i did`t have my grandmother teach me swedish...of well. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. my parents weren't very good at teaching me swedish either, |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Indeed you are lucky! |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. right to return? please? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. Apparently being happy is against the law of nature... |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sweden has a high level of suicide.. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. There is very little sunlight in the dead of winter, at that latitude, |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I wouldn't do well there at all... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Stockholm is at the 59th parallel |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 05:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
45. Very true. In Norway, that is known as "mørketiden." |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Just two points higher than the USA... |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. dupe |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. My young son would love to live in Sweden. nt |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. Boy is THAT a relief. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. They have awesome, successful charter schools too... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. Ten thousand Swedes ran through the weeds, chased by one Norwegian. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. From the Seattle official joke book-- |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. ! |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
42. They had me at the Swedish Bikini Team, but thank you for providing more rational reasons |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
49. SAUNAS BABY!! |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. That's more of a Finnish thing than a Swedish thing, |
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