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Department: Language

Trygg

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Scott Ritcher 17 March 2013 Architecture / Design / Language / Pictures! / Quick Fix!

Trygg is the Swedish word for “safe.” This is at the top of a beautiful old insurance company […]

The catchphrase hashtag that’s sweeping the kingdom!

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Scott Ritcher 9 May 2012 Featured / grattispåfredag / How people act / Language / Sweden

Step aside “Where’s the beef?” There’s a new catchphrase in Sweden, and you’re starting it!

Joe Biden’s middle name is Robinette

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Scott Ritcher 24 November 2011 Language / Quick Fix! / Stoopid

Correcting the New York Times is like getting a gold medal in the Nerd Olympics. I got my trophy on Thursday.

American magazine seeking people to interview in Sweden

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Scott Ritcher 2 January 2011 Fashion / How people act / Language / Technology

K Composite is a magazine of engaging, colorful interviews with regular people.

The Word on the Street (and why it isn’t “sorry”)

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Scott Ritcher 18 February 2010 Featured / How people act / Language / Sweden

Thoughts on honorifics and the prevalence of casual conversation.

Grocery Store Items

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Scott Ritcher 16 November 2009 Design / Food+Drink / Language / Sweden

I’ve received a few requests from readers in America to show some images of simple, regular, everyday stuff […]

Secret Code: Are Swedes trying to keep Swedish to themselves?

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Scott Ritcher 4 November 2009 Featured / How people act / Immigration / Language / Sweden

As I’ve mentioned many times, most Swedish people speak perfect English and they love doing it. It’s the […]

Halloween in Sweden

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Scott Ritcher 27 October 2009 Featured / How people act / Language / Sweden

Grab a warm sweater or safe blanket and sit thee down fore thine flickering computer screens, dear friends, […]

Hervé Villechaize Language School

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Scott Ritcher 26 September 2009 Featured / How people act / Immigration / Language / Sweden

Villechaize taught himself the language entirely by watching television in New York City.

Swedish pants

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Scott Ritcher 13 September 2009 Fashion / Featured / How people act / Language / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

I don’t know how to say this delicately, so I’ll just come right out and say it: Swedish […]

But I just learned the old one

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Scott Ritcher 4 September 2009 Design / Featured / How people act / Language / Louisville / Music / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

You may remember a story from back in June when I had just attended the music festival in […]

Wait! It’s not what you think!

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Scott Ritcher 3 August 2009 Language / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

A word of warning to our more impressionable readers: Today’s story may include some risqué language, namely English. […]

Excuse me, do you speak American?

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Scott Ritcher 18 July 2009 Language / Sweden

One of the challenging things about learning to speak Swedish – and there are a few – is […]

City on Water (with a dirty mouth)

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Scott Ritcher 21 June 2009 Language / Sweden / Sweden is different than America / Weather

Saturday afternoon I went for a long walk and relaxed in the park to recover from Midsommar festivities. […]

The American Dream – På Svenska

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Scott Ritcher 31 May 2009 Immigration / Language / Sweden

Back in March, my friend Johanna interviewed me about my move. She is a student at Kungliga Tekniska […]

Allt om mig

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Scott Ritcher 19 May 2009 How people act / Immigration / Language / Louisville / Music / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

Enough about Sweden already. Let’s talk about me. Today’s story has been in the works for more than […]

Still, more new English words!

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Scott Ritcher 1 May 2009 Language / Sweden

In an earlier story, I mentioned that the Swedish-English dictionary I got for my iPhone has a penchant […]

För Svankvinna i tiden

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Scott Ritcher 24 April 2009 How people act / Language / Stoopid / Sweden / Swedish Royal Family

As I mentioned before, most of Sweden’s coins carry a picture of King Carl XVI Gustaf, a man […]

Daily Show visits Sweden

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Scott Ritcher 23 April 2009 How people act / Language / Stoopid / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

Life in this socialist hellhole is just awful. Finally, the American news media has sent an investigative journalist […]

What the…

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Scott Ritcher 22 April 2009 Language / Sweden / Technology

Language, temperature, currency, distances, weight, geography. I thought my list of things I have to re-learn was complete. […]

Swedish language trivia, Part 1

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Scott Ritcher 18 April 2009 Language / Sweden

Because only about 10 million people speak Swedish, the language has considerably fewer words than English, a language […]

Back to School with Old Timey Tower

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Scott Ritcher 15 April 2009 Immigration / Language / Sweden

This morning I attended the first of ten 2.5-hour Swedish language classes at Stockholm’s Medborgarskolan. I’m not a […]

Påsk Afton and Nynäshamn

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Scott Ritcher 12 April 2009 Fashion / Food+Drink / How people act / Language / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

This weekend, Iida, Erik, and I spent some quality time with Erik’s parents. We visited their house on […]

Påsk ägg party

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Scott Ritcher 10 April 2009 Food+Drink / How people act / Language / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

Here are some scenes from Friday night’s Påsk ägg (Easter egg) party in Haninge. What would the chickens […]

More new English words!

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Scott Ritcher 9 April 2009 Apple / Language / Sweden / Technology

Here is a screenshot from the English/Svenska dictionary application on my iPhone. It allows you to search for […]

Påsk and Aprilskämt

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Scott Ritcher 2 April 2009 Food+Drink / How people act / Immigration / Language / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

I recently noticed that the Tunnelbana trains have names. A nice touch, I think, although I don’t care […]

Billy Mitchell is a winner

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Scott Ritcher 21 February 2009 Language / Stoopid / Sweden / Technology

This is a photo of the television playing the amazing movie “King of Kong” which is a documentary […]

Stockholm

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Scott Ritcher 20 February 2009 Immigration / Language / Sweden / Sweden is different than America / Transit / Weather

A mail train passing through Stockholm Central Station – quite pretty compared to US freight trains.

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