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COF
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 Message 17 of 26
17 May 2012 at 1:14pm | IP Logged 
fiolmattias wrote:

Perhaps that is one of many reasons? Other may be politics (we are by birth socialists,
which country do you think we symphatize more with ;) ), but that is perhaps a
different discussion all together.

All the best!


Err, since when was America more socialist than the UK? However, there does seem to be an underlying anti-British sentiment in Sweden, as you have demonstrated.

The Swedish seem to view the UK as this ultra-right wing country, despite not having a clue about British politics. It's all prejudice.

Edited by COF on 17 May 2012 at 1:18pm
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 Message 18 of 26
17 May 2012 at 1:23pm | IP Logged 
Camundonguinho wrote:
Norwegians sound more American, the Swedes more British. The Swedes pronounce HUT as [hät] (with a Cockney/Australian a), so it sounds like American/Norwegian pronunciation of HOT. Norwegian ø is close to the American vowel in LOVE, BUT, CURRY...


Even if this vowel thing was generally "true", no Norwegian I've heard has had the slightest hint of American prosody (or British or any other "native English" prosody), and that's what makes people sound American.

An accent isn't the same as getting each individual sound right - it has to sound right as well.
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 Message 19 of 26
17 May 2012 at 1:36pm | IP Logged 
From what I've heard, the Swedish don't even like the British accent and many of them think it is funny sounding.

But the Swedish tend to dislike the British. They see the UK as the total opposite of their perfect, egalitarian, socialist, democratic society.

You've only got to see the way Swedish football fans are when Sweden plays England. Never mind Spain, Brazil, France, etc, there's no bigger prize for a Swedish football fan than beating England.

The Swedish clearly take issue with England. It isn't mutual however, most English people couldn't care less about Sweden. To them it's just a little country somewhere north of Germany.

Edited by COF on 17 May 2012 at 1:46pm
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 Message 20 of 26
17 May 2012 at 4:53pm | IP Logged 
You didn't get many points on this test :)

COF wrote:
From what I've heard, the Swedish don't even like the British accent and
many of them think it is funny sounding.

Many of US do like the dialect and especially in the older generations many tend to try
to adopt a British dialect.
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But the Swedish tend to dislike the British. They see the UK as the total opposite of
their perfect, egalitarian, socialist, democratic society.

Ask any swede what country of the US and the UK that would be the "total opposite" it
would not be the Brits ;)
Quote:

......
The Swedish clearly take issue with England.

Where do you get this from? Do you think that in the US? We don't think so here in
Sweden... Do you know that just about most Swedes go to the UK every year on weekend
trips? Our hate object is Norway in everything but sports, then it is Finland :D

Quote:
....it's just a little country somewhere north of Germany.

And that is the first true thing you wrote today ;)

Edited by fiolmattias on 17 May 2012 at 5:00pm
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 Message 21 of 26
17 May 2012 at 4:57pm | IP Logged 
COF wrote:
fiolmattias wrote:

Perhaps that is one of many reasons? Other may be politics (we are by birth socialists,
which country do you think we symphatize more with ;) ), but that is perhaps a
different discussion all together.

All the best!


Err, since when was America more socialist than the UK? However, there does seem to be
an underlying anti-British sentiment in Sweden, as you have demonstrated.

The Swedish seem to view the UK as this ultra-right wing country, despite not having a
clue about British politics. It's all prejudice.


I thought this was a Language forum? :P
The Question is "Reasons for Swedes to have British dialect" And I answered what you
quoted. That we fell connected to the Brits traditionally because of politics. I think
you have to re-read my post, because you totally misread it.

Or please tell me if I have to re-write it so it gets clearer.
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 Message 22 of 26
17 May 2012 at 11:16pm | IP Logged 
COF, can you please stop writing all this nonsense about the Swedes?
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 Message 23 of 26
01 June 2012 at 1:03am | IP Logged 
Elexi wrote:
that is not a negative comment as most English people
I know love Scandinavian accents.



Yes, Briton here who can support this.

Also, Sweden is closer to England than it is to the USA, so why would it not be
reasonable for them to speak the "British" variant of English?


EDIT: The Europeans who speak English with an "American" accent to my ears, are
the Dutch.



Edited by montmorency on 01 June 2012 at 3:10pm
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 Message 24 of 26
01 June 2012 at 8:33am | IP Logged 
montmorency wrote:
Also, Sweden is closer to England than it is to the USA, so why would it not be reasonable for them to speak the "British" variant of English?


A good question, but as I said on page 2 "hardly any kid will adopt it since the major part of the popular media is American." Not that Swedes sound particularly "American", but nearly everyone I've ever heard have an Americanized rhotic accent (except those who learned English half a century ago).


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