{"id":3633,"date":"2011-05-20T14:11:55","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T14:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=3633"},"modified":"2011-05-20T14:11:55","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T14:11:55","slug":"are-you-becoming-a-swede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/are-you-becoming-a-swede\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you becoming a Swede?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Let’s finish off a week of homesickness, vowels, cultural exchange and Swedish personal numbers with some Swedish stereotypical behaviour – gathered from expats in Sweden. Have a great weekend everyone!<\/p>\n

You know you have turned into a Swede when…<\/strong><\/p>\n

…you know how to fix herring in 105 different ways.<\/p>\n

…your front step is beginning to resemble a shoe shop.<\/p>\n

…you have conversations with people outside when it is \u201310C.<\/p>\n

…it’s no longer seems excessive to spend 1 000 SEK on alcohol in a single night<\/p>\n

…you wear warm clothing when it’s 25 degrees plus in April – because it’s April.<\/p>\n

…you wear shorts and t-shirt when it’s barely 10 degrees in July – because it’s July.<\/p>\n

…you start to differentiate between types of snow.<\/p>\n

…you no longer snigger when your kids ask for a Plopp when you’re out shopping.<\/p>\n

…you know that \u201dExtrapris\u201d goods are cheaper, even though your English mind translates the word as \u201dextra price\u201d<\/p>\n

…your husband is very long instead of being very tall.<\/p>\n

…you ask for a Big Mac and company outside of Sweden.<\/p>\n

…you stop thinking you’re being yelled at every time you hear “Hey!”<\/p>\n

…you know that “fan” is a swearword, and not an admirer or an air conditioner.<\/p>\n

…you are no longer surprised when you see full-frontal male nudity in a commercial or on TV.<\/p>\n

…you expect to find the glove you dropped in February hanging on a post in June.<\/p>\n

…you have given into the fact that pigs say \u201dn\u00f6ff n\u00f6ff\u201d, frogs say \u201dkvack, kvack\u201d and roosters say \u201dkuckeliku\u201d.<\/p>\n

…you can use bra, fart, and slut in the same sentence without giggling.<\/p>\n

…you refer to weeks by their number.<\/p>\n

…you think silence is fun.<\/p>\n

…your coffee consumption exceeds 6 cups a day and coffee is too weak if there is less than 10 scoops per pot.<\/p>\n

…the first thing you do upon entering a bank\/post office\/chemist etc. is to look for the queue number machine.<\/p>\n

…VD is the boss, not something you need to get medical treatment for.<\/p>\n

…a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume:
\na: he is drunk
\nb: he is insane
\nc: he’s an American
\nd: he’s all of the above<\/p>\n

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Let’s finish off a week of homesickness, vowels, cultural exchange and Swedish personal numbers with some Swedish stereotypical behaviour – gathered from expats in Sweden. Have a great weekend everyone! You know you have turned into a Swede when… …you know how to fix herring in 105 different ways. …your front step is beginning to…<\/p>\n

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