Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 21:53:26 +0200 From: Robert Brown <rjbnopsamnetnospam.se> Subject: Re: Mercedes smokes BWM/Saab/Volvo with better model names
Goran Larsson wrote: > Ken Washington wrote: > > guide friends joke with the Swedish tourists abou the "Pita" and the > > "Feta", which in Swedish are slang words for male and female genitals, > > This is not true. The words you are thinking about starts with the same > letters but isn't pronounced the same way. > > In article <3B35A665.A4D54978nopsamsafish.com>, > Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamsafish.com> wrote: > > > BTW, your swedish "Jog protoa lita Svenska oxo" doesn't seem quite right, > > maybe a real swede can comment. :-) > > It's total crap. He probably intended to write "Jag pratar lite svenska ocksĀ" > but who knows? OK Gran, Ken's spelling sucks, but his phonetic/dialectic interpretation is spot on, if you close your eyes and pretend that you're in the middle of Hisingen [suburb/island of Gothenburg where much of Volvo resides, for you transatlantians out there] . . . Ken, you picked up a car here once IIRC, when was that? Regards, Robert Gothenburg (but not from Hisingen, not a real Swede either - skĀ vi tjŁta om det eller?) > > > -- > Gran Larsson Senior Systems Analyst hoh AT approve DOT se
