Friday, May 22, 2009 , mid-afternoon

Djupa Andetag

This isn’t particularly on-topic regarding anything… just something running through my head.  When I was about 12 years old I did a fairly good job of teaching myself Swedish (languages being the one single thing I seem to be able to pick up at the drop of a hat).  I had quite a few penpals in Sweden at the time, although they wanted to practice their English in letters, so I read Swedish gossip mags and listened to a lot of Swedish music.  A few days ago I came across a Swedish music video on YouTube and as I listened to it, I was shocked/thrilled at how much of it I still understood.  My brain may be turning into Swiss cheese, and my English words often evade me, but I guess I’ll just plan on relocating to Stockholm when I’ve totally lost the ability to make myself understood in North America.  I thought I’d post the video I was watching, because I find it so calming, and because it contains an expression I’ve been comforting myself a lot with lately, “djupa andetag”.  Oh, if you teach yourself Swedish and listen to the song 1035 times while standing on one foot and juggling a banded krait, you’ll discover the darkest secrets of Flippy and me, heh.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 05/22 at 03:33 PM
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