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Not sure if this is a joke or a mistake since the English "glass" is "glas" in Swedish, but the Swedish "glass" is "ice cream" in English. The correct translati
by Steer 7y ago
Not sure if this is a joke or a mistake since the English "glass" is "glas" in Swedish, but the Swedish "glass" is "ice cream" in English. The correct translation in Swedish would be "Jag kan äta glas, det skadar inte mig".
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoI know what I'm doing :)
- Agentlien 7y agoThis is one of many silly sentences I heard while growing up, mainly from other Swedish kids who were learning English and finding silly similarities in words. So it's definitely deliberate.
- thaumasiotes 7y agoWhy is this a joke for Swedish speakers learning English? Does it not work just as well purely within Swedish?
- Nullabillity 7y agoGlas (glass) and glass (ice cream) have very different pronounciations that you don't really mix up. Glas has an extended a, glass sounds just about the same as in english.
- LIV2 7y agoUS English? To an Aussie bogan like me I'd pronounce the two the same usually, I have to think of the difference as how an American says glass vs how an Englishman/Aussie might say glass I haven't had the balls to try speaking Swedish yet so haven't asked to eat some glass yet
- thaumasiotes 7y ago> the English "glass" is "glas" in Swedish, but the Swedish "glass" is "ice cream" in English I feel the urge to speculate that Swedish "glas" comes down from proto-Germanic, while "glass" is a loan from French "glace".
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoYou are exactly right.
- hashmush 7y agoWhich makes isglass such a great word.