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A day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on July 15, 2025July 14, 2025

I have been inside Stockholm’s City Hall several times. I was married there, had my…

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  • Culture

Swedish words that sound naughty in English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 30, 2018June 30, 2018

Nathalie sent me this lovely link on 8 Swedish words that sound wrong in English…

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Test Your Swenglish

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on May 8, 2018May 3, 2018

  There are some mistakes that Swedish-speakers commonly make when writing or speaking English. Look…

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  • Frog of the Day

Swenglish – when things go horribly wrong

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 17, 2018January 10, 2018

In English if you have to clear your throat it is called having a frog in your…

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  • Grammar

When English teachers snap!

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 26, 2015March 20, 2015

  I saw the notice above the Swedish Dance Museum – it made me think…

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  • Sweden

Numbers – false friends between Swedish and English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 6, 2014March 31, 2014

  There are often incorrect translations from Swedish into English so beware: Svenska: 1.000.000 –…

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Guest post: when skulle is not should

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 25, 2013February 13, 2014

This post comes from Aidan Isherwood, who is a colleague and absolutely brilliant at grammar.…

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  • Swenglish

Affairs!

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 18, 2013April 1, 2013

One of the most common ‘false friends’ between Swedish and English is the word Affair.…

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  • Culture

Sambo, Sambo and Sambo – beware of this word in English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 18, 2013April 24, 2013

Sambo in Swedish means person with whom one lives; common-law spouse; cohabitant spouse; life companion;…

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  • Swenglish

Buttons, Bottoms and Backsides

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 14, 2013April 1, 2013

The word ‘button’ is often mispronounced by Swedish speakers of English so that it sounds…

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