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Posted by djthunderbird on Mar-25-2003 17:35:

a question

so a group of students from nothern-sweden came to estonia to visit us. They were at our school today, and they stayed in our class. So we were communicating, and I decided to move the topic to music.
so I asked "what kind of music do you, swedes, like?" all of a sudden everybody started to whisper to each other jsut like I had sayed something insulting..

well did I? I felt pretty bad aferwards, but I didnt dare to go and ask them what the problem was..

Did I say anything wrong?

Posted by fede on Mar-25-2003 17:38:

Re: a question

quote:
Originally posted by djthunderbird
so a group of students from nothern-sweden came to estonia to visit us. They were at our school today, and they stayed in our class. So we were communicating, and I decided to move the topic to music.
so I asked "what kind of music do you, swedes, like?" all of a sudden everybody started to whisper to each other jsut like I had sayed something insulting..

well did I? I felt pretty bad aferwards, but I didnt dare to go and ask them what the problem was..

Did I say anything wrong?

strange.. i don't c any wrong on ur question... u should have asked them..

Posted by reveal on Mar-25-2003 17:42:

riktat till svenskarna p� TA: sl� upp ordet "swede" i en engelsk-svensk ordbok

Posted by fede on Mar-25-2003 18:10:

Engelska till svenska

swede [swi:d] subst. k�lrot
Swede [swi:d] subst. svensk

lol, hehe
visste inte det

Posted by x-dream on Mar-25-2003 18:12:

Du han f�re mig Shy....Hade ingen anning om det heller alls�....

Posted by Rikard on Mar-25-2003 18:17:

har f�r mig pappa snackade om innan att vi kallades s� av engelsm�nnen f�r vi alltid �t kolr�tter h�r i sverige innan potatisen kom hit ifr�n andra sidan atlanten

eller har jag fel?

Posted by djthunderbird on Mar-25-2003 18:24:

nice going guys I ask for help and U guys answer in..... swedish of course

Posted by Glorie on Mar-25-2003 18:29:

haha, nevermind the guys thunderbird.. I'll say it to ya in eng.

they are saying that "swede" means hmmm... its like a root vegetable in whatever language.. this makes me dizzy

so they (guys in here) thought, what u were saying was something like

What kind of music do u root vegetables like ?

BUT. < I cant believe any swedish person would know that... (the second meaning of the word) Because its a strange and hard one.. and not that many swedish persons knows about it....(me for example)

SO the swedish pupils visiting your class must have been very shy or weird, not replying... I DONT think,... they took it as an insult.. I mean, that they understood what the word "swede" meant... not in a lifetime... no swedish speaking person is that good hehehhehehe

prejudice? yes... mouhahhaha

edit: neeee ja skriver inte.. s�nt.. hahaha

Posted by reveal on Mar-25-2003 18:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Glorie
BUT. < I cant believe any swedish person would know that... (the second meaning of the word) Because its a strange and hard one.. and not that many swedish persons knows about it....(me for example)

jag sa ju att jag beh�rskade tv� spr�k

Posted by Glorie on Mar-25-2003 18:41:

quote:
Originally posted by reveal
jag sa ju att jag beh�rskade tv� spr�k

eller huuuur hahaha... neee ja tror du analyserade meningen allt va du kunde... � slog upp varenda ord... och letade ef. tvetydigheter... fan, inte kan man veta s�nt? huuuh??? d ska va f�r att du har r�kat h�ra exemplet innan d� isf j�la skit va duktig du e p� eng ass� haha

du vet s�kert va kron�rtskocka heter p� eng me? hehehhe

Posted by djthunderbird on Mar-25-2003 18:41:

hehe that is hilarous yes they were kinda shy...

however I think swede is a correct word for a person from sweden in english isnt it? So I spoke to them correctly ? :P

Posted by reveal on Mar-25-2003 18:44:

quote:
Originally posted by djthunderbird
hehe that is hilarous yes they were kinda shy...

however I think swede is a correct word for a person from sweden in english isnt it? So I spoke to them correctly ? :P

in written English there is a difference between "swede" and "Swede", but in spoken English they sound the same

edit: i doubt however, that many Swedes know that there even is a second meaning (ie. "swede"), not the most common word

Posted by Glorie on Mar-25-2003 18:44:

yes mate, u were correct Im ashamed on their behalf they didnt have the guts to answer... patethic

Posted by reveal on Mar-25-2003 18:47:

quote:
Originally posted by Glorie du vet s�kert va kron�rtskocka heter p� eng me? hehehhe

artichoke
ska vi ha en ordt�vling?

Posted by djthunderbird on Mar-25-2003 19:00:

well they didnt leave me quite answerless.. one told me that he didnt like pop music... well our conversation ended there since thy obviously didnt want tp speak and I felt kinda funny

thanx for your help though

Posted by Glorie on Mar-25-2003 19:06:

quote:
Originally posted by reveal
artichoke
ska vi ha en ordt�vling?
'

ja VET att du slog upp det d�ra heheh

Thunderbird.. np... stop by again... its nice with some new faces
btw, Sweden will win in Estonia 24th of May

Posted by Aendy on Mar-25-2003 20:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Glorie

btw, Sweden will win in Estonia 24th of May

Vad �r det f�r n�got? Vi har v�l inte Estland i v�r EM-kvalgrupp och hockey-VM l�r INTE g� i Estland!

Posted by reveal on Mar-25-2003 20:31:

eurovisionsschlagerfestivalen?

Posted by Glorie on Mar-25-2003 22:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Aendy
Vad �r det f�r n�got? Vi har v�l inte Estland i v�r EM-kvalgrupp och hockey-VM l�r INTE g� i Estland!

Aendy, din sportd�re hihihi...
reveal hade r�tt sj�lv ska man p� eurovisionfest hos min kompis Monika... om inget annat kommer emellan

Posted by fruktsoppa on Mar-27-2003 11:12:

Re: a question

quote:
Originally posted by djthunderbird
so a group of students from nothern-sweden came to estonia to visit us. They were at our school today, and they stayed in our class. So we were communicating, and I decided to move the topic to music.
so I asked "what kind of music do you, swedes, like?" all of a sudden everybody started to whisper to each other jsut like I had sayed something insulting..

well did I? I felt pretty bad aferwards, but I didnt dare to go and ask them what the problem was..

Did I say anything wrong?

to be honest, we swedes dislike music.
we think its the worst thing, after volkswagen cars, here in on earth! so please dont ask swedes about music..