OFF: Swedish help

Johan Edlundh johan.edlundh at HABO.MAIL.TELIA.COM
Sun Jul 5 08:06:01 EDT 1998


>     Once again, perhaps the list-Swedes can help me here :)
>
>     Is there an equivalent expression in Swedish to the English
>slang expression "X rules!", where "X" is some person or thing
>which the speaker considers to be really great (as in "Lemmy
>rules!", "Buck Dharma rules!", "This band rules!", etc.)?

no, there isn't.
you can always say "Lemmy is best", but that will sound as lame as in
anglosaxian.
youngsters does actually uses the english experssion "Lemmy rules" and
"Lemmy sucks" here, and then fight each other until both uses the same
expression.

actually, both expressions is * very poorly* direct translated into the
following: "Lemmy regerar" and "Lemmy suger".
This is not Swedish, it's more like "Internet Svengelska", and I don't
understand the use of it at all. The anglosaxian slang makes much more
sense, even used in swedish sentences.

however, I'm an old fart and may not be updated in my own slang language.
and to make things clear: Lemmy rules.

>Cheers,
>Carl

the -joe



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