When you think of swedes...
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Leifmk
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No, rather like the "a" in the English "ball".
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Edit: Leifmk explained it 10 times better.
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That's what I think of
Swedishguy
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ø isn't a letter in the swedish alphabet. Ö, however, is. There is no really good example because... I don't know. It's like the german ü!
Mathilda
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Ö is like u in burn.
Å is trickier, it's pretty close to a in ball, but my understnding is that it depends a bit on the dialect, could be a bit towards oo in spoon.
Å is trickier, it's pretty close to a in ball, but my understnding is that it depends a bit on the dialect, could be a bit towards oo in spoon.
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The Great Head.
Fifty isn't Swedish.TLC? What would Fifty think!?
Besides we have an open relationship.
What impress me is the Swedish presence online, I mean you find us everywhere, and in masses. We are less than 9 million people in Sweden. New York has like twice that amount. How many New Yorkers do you see online in comparison? (international sites/internet events/communities)
ArneHD
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Actually, the a in spawn is a fairly good approximation.
Present!
But yes, you do have a tendency to be on every website known to man. Here, Paradox (well, not much of a feat), other international websites, etc.
Face it, you guys just don't have lives.
May have something to do with the artic tempearatures you have outside your houses
Seriously, Iceland, Sweden and Canada are IIRC the countries where the people spend the most time online, and not suprisingly they are all really cold countries.
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It has nothing to do with the climate, Sweden is just a nation full of nerds.
*Waiting for counter-attack of Swedes/more support from the Finns*
*Waiting for counter-attack of Swedes/more support from the Finns*
Verbose
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It also has to do with wealth (we can afford computers nad high-speed internet connections), technological maturity of the society in general (well, same as above), and the fact that Swedes in general are extremely technology-friendly (same as above and decent level of general education). We do so like new gadgets! Sweden has been up there at the top of the computers (and use) per capita statistics for quite some time now. The Finns seem to bump us from the top spot tho'.May have something to do with the artic tempearatures you have outside your houses
Seriously, Iceland, Sweden and Canada are IIRC the countries where the people spend the most time online, and not suprisingly they are all really cold countries.
It makes Sweden one of these spot-markets where brand new applications can be tested, before dumping serious money into marketing them in say the US. Sweden is the right size and attitude to get a representative sample of things like actual usage and consumer attitudes, but market saturation is very quick.
Urederra
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yeah, mainly because during the winter you can't do much outside. but if you let me choose, i would prefer go surfing at Copacabana's beach rather than surfing the web.
What I envy about Sweden and Scandinavia in general, is how good history has treated them, despite of the vikings' rampages and attacks all around Europe, Vikings are regarded as really cool guys. Just a level above Tremujin's hordes. Other violent European empires are not regarded as cool, but as nasty warmongers and conquerors.
Why viking killers and rapers are regarded as cool? That is something I can't understand.
What I envy about Sweden and Scandinavia in general, is how good history has treated them, despite of the vikings' rampages and attacks all around Europe, Vikings are regarded as really cool guys. Just a level above Tremujin's hordes. Other violent European empires are not regarded as cool, but as nasty warmongers and conquerors.
Why viking killers and rapers are regarded as cool? That is something I can't understand.
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