February 2012
11 posts
I follow rivers; do you? →
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers
This song has been stuck in my head forever; listen at your own risk. It’s good though! and Swedish!
I was even singing it at work yesterday. In theory I will tell you more about that soon. Hopefully this blog is not dead forever! (Neither am I, by the way).
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Swedish word of the day
snyta - to blow one’s nose (v)
Why don’t we have a single verb to define the action of nose-blowing? Brilliant!
p.s. the past participle is “snöt”.
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Swedish word(s) of the day
because of happy things:
kramar - hug (v)
[This is conjugated. The “r” is usually present tense. “Jag kramar” would be “I hug”]
because of the plethora of bikes here and my HPVT friends back home:
cyklar - bike (v)
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What I Should Have Done Today
Something. Anything. Admittedly, the day’s not over yet, but so far it has been One of Those Days where you waver between bed and the internet and occasionally leave your room for food. Pretty much. I’m not exactly proud of it, but it’s okay to do that every now and again, and since most of the time I’m either at Olin or gallivanting around the country or trying to...
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Swedish word of the day
kärlek - love (n)
Well, here goes nothing.
I am a great lover of words—especially wordplay—but somehow writing never works well for me. I have tried periodically throughout my life to keep journals and/or blogs, to varying degrees of failure.
This semester, however, I am living in Uppsala, Sweden. This special adventure case seemed like a worthwhile reason to attempt it once again. I make no promises, but I will do my best...
“CELIA : Why, cousin! why, Rosalind! Cupid have mercy! not a word?
...”
– As You Like It (I, III)
