posting again but I just read our friend caleb ben's (nowadays aka R.A.W.) post about a translation game. What a holy idea much! (umm, did I get that right?) And interesting, and quite a challenge as well. If everyone follows the rules (what rules?) I reckon it could turn out quite hilarious in the end. I assume you're not allowed to use the actual lyrics as help? there's been a few swedish words going round. one of them is the word "tok" (meaning "fool" but in this case better translated as "mad") People have said (and say) it about everything: madfast, madfunny, madgood, madhigh.... I read in a magazine today, 30 things we never want to hear again....and "mad_____" was one of then. So for those of us who try to avoid "mad" we can always use "monkey" instead, monkeygood. one first thing you should all start using (and I'm almost sure the swedish sinisters will agree with me) is the great phrase "Grab a fike" = having a cup of coffee or tea and perhaps something eatable to go with it, like biscuits, buns, cookies, fruit etc. Let's not meet for a cup of coffee in the future, Let's grab a fike instead! one second thing is "shit the same". It has a "never mind" or "forget it, it's not important" kind of meaning. this is turning into a swedish new dictionary hehe. pretto = pretentious that's love = used by my friend mostly for justifying silly things and if everyone UNDER 18 can turn their heads away NOW.... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * kuka ur ("cock out"? not talking about birds here) = when something has gone wrong or is bad or weird or whatever, it has cocked out. I didn't come up with it! Very useful expression, though not recommended to be used among family and old people. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * you may ALL read again.... That yer and gawn thing sounds like scottish to me. Now that's a dialect I adore. More scottish to the people! Read 'Filth' by Irvine Welsh merely for the fine accent and I even read out loud from it once in a while. I must've sounded so silly, but shit the same heeh. The book was great though, but very filthy, naturally. And I cried at the end, it was so sad I couldn't help it. The main character was a bastard throughout the whole book but still in the end you had to feel sorry for him. I always cry at endings... -AN Monchichi +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+