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As a Swede I really enjoyed reading this. It's not easy to pay attention to the idioms of a foreign language, especially when they are sort of jumbled up in you

As a Swede I really enjoyed reading this. It's not easy to pay attention to the idioms of a foreign language, especially when they are sort of jumbled up in your mind with all the Swedish ones. But it's just to drive on.

sverige 8y ago
> But it's just to drive on. I'm American but I understood what you meant haha! Pop and rock lyrics are mostly not worthy of rational attention.
- StavrosK 8y ago
  That's why these are my favorite lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1qKv-kaYEk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1qKv-kaYEk
- nabla9 8y ago
  Finnish Rock band Hurricanes and their "Get On" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGCviZAdxeY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGCviZAdxeY it is not possible to assign a sensible meaning to the lyrics. This situation arose from the deficient knowledge of English by the singer, Remu Aaltonen. The words were supposed to be replaced later by proper English, and Remu’s words were only meant for a demo recording. However, the other members of the band, as well as the producer, thought that the delivery was strong, and decided to stick to those words, despite opposition from Remu Aaltonen. The unique words are part of the charm of the song.
  - jpatokal 8y ago
    Nit: Finnish rock band Hurriganes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurriganes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurriganes Finns often confuse c, g and q (none of which feature in native Finnish words) and the band name itself reflects that! (And while they probably didn't consider this back in the 1970s, it's also good SEO.)
    - nabla9 8y ago
      TIL. I'm a Finn and slightly dyslectic. I didn't realize that the band name was misspelling until now.
zaxomi 8y ago
"But it's just to drive on." = "Det är bara att köra på." Was that intentional?
- Numberwang 8y ago
  Yep
moogly 8y ago
A couple of friends and I used to try to one-up each other in constructing asinine Swenglish idioms. I believe the ultimate winner was: "Who are you for one? I feel again you."
- Numberwang 8y ago
  Haha that is brilliantly painful to read.

sverige 8y ago

> But it's just to drive on. I'm American but I understood what you meant haha! Pop and rock lyrics are mostly not worthy of rational attention.

StavrosK 8y ago
That's why these are my favorite lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1qKv-kaYEk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1qKv-kaYEk
nabla9 8y ago
Finnish Rock band Hurricanes and their "Get On" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGCviZAdxeY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGCviZAdxeY it is not possible to assign a sensible meaning to the lyrics. This situation arose from the deficient knowledge of English by the singer, Remu Aaltonen. The words were supposed to be replaced later by proper English, and Remu’s words were only meant for a demo recording. However, the other members of the band, as well as the producer, thought that the delivery was strong, and decided to stick to those words, despite opposition from Remu Aaltonen. The unique words are part of the charm of the song.
- jpatokal 8y ago
  Nit: Finnish rock band Hurriganes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurriganes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurriganes Finns often confuse c, g and q (none of which feature in native Finnish words) and the band name itself reflects that! (And while they probably didn't consider this back in the 1970s, it's also good SEO.)
  - nabla9 8y ago
    TIL. I'm a Finn and slightly dyslectic. I didn't realize that the band name was misspelling until now.

zaxomi 8y ago

"But it's just to drive on." = "Det är bara att köra på." Was that intentional?

Numberwang 8y ago
Yep

moogly 8y ago

A couple of friends and I used to try to one-up each other in constructing asinine Swenglish idioms. I believe the ultimate winner was: "Who are you for one? I feel again you."

Numberwang 8y ago
Haha that is brilliantly painful to read.