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As a Swede I've definitely noticed a lot of these things in Swedish pop music. It's fun if a bit embarrassing. What currently annoys me, though, is that there'
by Agentlien 8y ago
As a Swede I've definitely noticed a lot of these things in Swedish pop music. It's fun if a bit embarrassing.
What currently annoys me, though, is that there's this one mistake which always stands out when I hear it, but now I can't remember what it was. I thought it was in an ABBA song, but after going through their lyrics I can't spot it. It's an international hit by a Swedish band in any case. One in which a Swedish idiom is translated word by word and ends up meaning something entirely different.
- zaxomi 8y agoCould it be "Take on me" with the Norwegian band "A-ha" from 1984? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914 "Take on me" translated word for word will be "ta på meg" (Norwegian) or "ta på mig" (Swedish), meaning "touch me".
- Agentlien 8y agoThat wasn't the one I meant, but this one has also bugged me a lot!
- wingerlang 8y agoIf we're translating it word for word, they also say "Take me on" which makes sense in english, but not in Swedish. EDIT: Maybe in Norwegian it does, at least they offer an explanation here https://genius.com/10492339 https://genius.com/10492339