thymos

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[–] thymos@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I started learning Swedish yesterday. My native language is Dutch. I started by reading a pronunciation guide, but (and this is so childish) I had to put the book away for laughing so hard after reading the Swedish word for meatballs: köttbullar.

ProfanityIn Dutch, the word "kut" means "cunt". It isn't as profane as the English word and is also often used for the well-known genitals. The guide explained that Swedish "ö" is pronounced like Dutch short "u". After this I opened my Swedish story book and the first picture had the word köttbullar in it. I then heard myself very carefully enunciate what in Dutch sounds like "cunt balls". Couldn't stop laughing.

Today I will make a second attempt. I hope I can keep it contained to a short chuckle.

[–] thymos@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

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