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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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 Posted - 03/20/2007 : 15:25:13
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One of the peculiarities of the Swedish language is the use of compound words. They are an integral part of the language.
In English, to specify that tyres belongs to a car, you write "car tyres". In Swedish the two words are combined into one word.
"Article of faith" (faith article) translates into the Swedish word "trosats". The words are "tro" (faith) and "sats" which in the context of faith means article.
However, the word "sats" change meaning depending on context.
By adding an 's' to the Swedish word for faith - "tros" (making the final word "trossats"), it becomes the first part of compound words that relates to woman's underwear.
This changes to the context of the word "sats" to relating to female, and of having sex: in such context the word "sats" is often used to describe ejaculate.
So, the Swedish word for "Article of Faith" has with an added 's' (or a simple and easily made mis-pronunciation) becomes "ejaculate on a woman's underwear".
The irony is mind-blowing. (pun intended).
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 03/20/2007 : 16:28:45 [Permalink]
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Matters of fetish preferences aside, it still seems you Swedes have better articles of faith than we Yanks do.
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2007 : 19:32:06 [Permalink]
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After having been out of the country for some 8.5 years, I've found that I'm starting to loose the language at times. While I speak swedish on a daily basis, I read it far too infrequently. And when I do, compound words simply feel weird and unnatural. But enough about me...
Speaking of swedish compund words, there is this story (urban myth?) that in the 70s or the 80s there was this competition between some of the swedish convenience stores. Stores such as "ICA" and "Konsum" were having a day of friendly fun and games and the "Konsum" stores named their team "Konsumgänget" (The Konsum team). However, swedish being swedish and having three extra characters in the alphabet, someone from another team decided to put 2 dots on top of the first "o" in that name, making it "Könsumgänget", which means... "The sexual relation". Ah, these naughty swedes. OK, it's not that funny. I guess you have to swedish and about 12 years old when you hear this tale. Shame on me. |
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 03/20/2007 : 20:43:48 [Permalink]
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Oh. This would explain the time I was in Sweden and met a cute lady and we became friends. I said: "When can we go out?" She said: "I'm sorry Chip, but I can only see you on Saturdays." So I said: "Great, Let's see…" and took out a note pad and scribbled "We'll have 4 Sats" and she smacked me.  (Kidding) Actually, I appreciate Dr. Mabuse's ironic explanation. |
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A short lesson in the Swedish Language
