*nods* Swedish does have "man", but not in the neutral shape like English has "one."
And "man" is also shows how the male gender being the pre-set norm. As man = a man, male. But often Swedes use "one should.." etc instead of "you should.." to not risk offense because we find the English singular vs plural you form a bit puzzling. In Swedish the difference is much more noticable, since there are two different words, du och ni, and there is a formality level baked in there as well. For instance, my farfar, paternal grandfather has in the past referred to me as "ni" out of politeness, but most teens today would probably never use that, and rather call everyone "du". Even if they spoke to the king I imagine ;)
Although, I remember reading a satorical book called Egalias döttrar in Swedish, about a matriachal world, where the "man ska.." expressions had been replaced with "dam ska.."
And I just spoke with someone who told me about the earlier use of "they" as singular personal pronoun in English, a form we don't really have in Swedish. But I dunno, it just seems weird, as I keep seeing the bunch of people referred to, not a singular person. And Wikipedia for instance, listed "they" as a plural personal noun.
I'm doing ok, excellent at pro-procrastinating as always. But maybe there is hope for me yet, a little at least :)
I'm currently tweaking with not only icons *points to new ish user icon* but also Japanese mon stuffs, since I want to kitsuke-ify the world of Lady Lovely Locks. Just have a looksie at this beauty. Back in the day these emblems and so, really were their eqvivalent to modern user icons on the web etc, of sorts.
Swedish does have "man", but not in the neutral shape like English has "one."
And "man" is also shows how the male gender being the pre-set norm. As man = a man, male. But often Swedes use "one should.." etc instead of "you should.." to not risk offense because we find the English singular vs plural you form a bit puzzling. In Swedish the difference is much more noticable, since there are two different words, du och ni, and there is a formality level baked in there as well. For instance, my farfar, paternal grandfather has in the past referred to me as "ni" out of politeness, but most teens today would probably never use that, and rather call everyone "du". Even if they spoke to the king I imagine ;)
Although, I remember reading a satorical book called Egalias döttrar in Swedish, about a matriachal world, where the "man ska.." expressions had been replaced with "dam ska.."
And I just spoke with someone who told me about the earlier use of "they" as singular personal pronoun in English, a form we don't really have in Swedish. But I dunno, it just seems weird, as I keep seeing the bunch of people referred to, not a singular person. And Wikipedia for instance, listed "they" as a plural personal noun.
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Speaking of en though, I have noticed at least locally ish in/near Umeå, that people tend to add en when mentioning or referring to people.
eg. "Jag träffande en Joakim på stan idag." instead of "Jag träffade Joakim på stan idag."
Nothing like that is common there though?
*tickles the lurker muchly too!*
How are youuu?
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*giggles and counter-tickles*
I'm quite well, how are youuuu?
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I'm doing ok, excellent at pro-procrastinating as always. But maybe there is hope for me yet, a little at least :)
I'm currently tweaking with not only icons *points to new ish user icon* but also Japanese mon stuffs, since I want to kitsuke-ify the world of Lady Lovely Locks. Just have a looksie at this beauty. Back in the day these emblems and so, really were their eqvivalent to modern user icons on the web etc, of sorts.
Are you doing much musical stuff lately?
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