Tag Archives: language
This is jantelagen Posted by Gabriel on Feb 16, 2010
Vad heter du? Posted by Gabriel on Jan 28, 2010
You Will Be Assimilated Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 3, 2008
Resistance is futile. Oh, wait! That’s a different movie! I was going to write about something else, but then I started to read The Local, (because someone sent me a link to one of their articles – an opinion poll on the Swedish language) and now today’s topic has changed. I don’t normally read The…
Hearing Swedish Abroad Posted by Transparent Language on Nov 16, 2008
It’s always interesting to see how many people abroad can utter at least some words of Swedish. I say “utter,” because I’m not even surprised anymore at how many people actually can speak Swedish. Their degrees of proficiency vary wildly, that’s for sure, but Swedish is no longer a secret language in which you can…