Amppax Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 wait I got Switzerland and Sweden confused My point has been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) I apologize to all people of Switzerland and Sweden for confusing your cultures and way of life. I am a piece of white American trash. My family is ashamed. What language does she speak? Swiss usually speak either French, Italian, or German. There's also Romansch, but not many people speak that natively. Edited February 16, 2015 by Amppax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 *whispers* what does that mean?? :idontknow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 wait I got Switzerland and Sweden confused I apologize to all people of Switzerland and Sweden for confusing your cultures and way of life. I am a piece of white American trash. My family is ashamed. Im not completely sure how irritated the Swedes or Swiss would get from that haha, but at least you didnt lump Swedes the Fins together! Even though they are right next to each other I think they enjoy having a but of distinction! :hehe2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 *whispers* what does that mean?? Expressing the passive by some kind of ending or other bit in the verb itself, rather than using an extra word altogether. I'd been taught that whilst it was possibly in proto-Germanic, and was certainly in Gothic (and perhaps other East Germanic langs), it hadn't survived in the other daughter groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeCee Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 My only contribution to this thread is Uff Da :) :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 CrossCut, are you going to be studying in Sweden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 CrossCut, are you going to be studying in Sweden? No, but I plan to move there in the next 3 years or so. Im finishing school here, getting married, then we plan to move to Sweden and start a family. We are planning an elopement/honeymoon in Sweden for the summer of 2016 though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I like Swedish pancakes from IHOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritasluxmea Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 What language does she speak? Swiss usually speak either French, Italian, or German. There's also Romansch, but not many people speak that natively. French, I know that much. She was a military translator and spoke some other languages fluently, but French is native to her. My grandma is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritasluxmea Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 What language does she speak? Swiss usually speak either French, Italian, or German. There's also Romansch, but not many people speak that natively. French, I know that much. She was a military translator and spoke some other languages fluently, but French is native to her. My grandma is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 The semla has been popping up all over my FB from my Swedish pages this morning!! I guess fat tuesday for Swedes specifically means you eat a lot of these! YUM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 To further derail this thread, a fun fact about Switzerland. Romansch, the national language of Switzerland, is also the 11th most common language in Switzerland, having between 60,000 regular speakers, and 30,000 who consider it the language they speak best. It's mainly spoken in only one canton, Grisons. Only .9% of Switzerland's 7.7 million people speak the language, making it the least spoken national language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marigold Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 The semla has been popping up all over my FB from my Swedish pages this morning!! I guess fat tuesday for Swedes specifically means you eat a lot of these! YUM! Ja, a ton of those all over my life right now :) Semlor are the equivalent of pancakes or whatever food your country customarily makes to use up milk, butter etc. before Lent. They are a sweet cardamom bun filled with almond paste and topped with whipped cream and confectioner's sugar. Drool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaNewoyc8fU[/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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