Swedish is a great language, and we have a lot of questions about it.
What about its unusual and hard-to-pronounce sounds? Why are people in Sweden so good at learning English? And are we going to see the emergence of Swinglish one day?
Daniel, Ben, and Kylie chat to linguist Hedvig Skirgård and Swedish person Anna Melberg on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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Ben, Daniel, and Kylie discuss some off-putting Australianisms, and in a discussion on emoji, Kylie drops a pop culture reference that stumps Ben (though strangely, not Daniel). NSFW language
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Show notes
Using Aussie slang makes a person more likeable, ANU study finds
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-24/aussie-slang-makes-people-more-likeable-study/7274808
Australian slang makes you more likable but only in an ocker accent, study claims
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/24/australian-slang-makes-you-more-likeable-but-only-in-an-ocker-accent-study
Aussie slang increases likeability
http://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/aussie-slang-increases-likeability
2011: Swedes place 4th in English skills ranking
http://www.swedishwire.com/economy/9176-swedes-place-4th-in-english-skills-ranking
The Swedish Number: You can now call Sweden and chat to a random Swede
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-08/call-this-number-and-chat-to-a-random-swede/7309664
People in Northern Sweden have the world’s weirdest way of saying ‘yes’
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/wtf/people-in-northern-sweden-have-the-worlds-weirdest-way-of-saying-yes/news-story/0a28804d66ab18b64476f998062d0039
Humans Who Read Grammars
http://humans-who-read-grammars.blogspot.com.au
Sj-sound
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sj-sound
Movie: Smala Sussie – I had a little frog once. (A story too emotional to tell in Swedish)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x302d2c
Scientists have identified a universal Nope face
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/article/2016/03/30/scientists-have-identified-universal-nope-face
The ‘Not Face’ Is Universally Understood
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/03/28/not-face-universal-language/
How to pronounce Ä, Ö, Å, and J
http://www.onlineswedish.com/pronounce.php
The IKEA Dictionary
http://lar5.com/ikea/
Stop Everything, IKEA Names Have Meanings
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tabathaleggett/stop-everything-kea-names-have-meanings
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