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I have always thought that this slight cognitive dissonance was deliberate: "A Swede stays silent" as one meaning, while suggesting "a Swedish roaring aggressi
by adunk 7y ago
I have always thought that this slight cognitive dissonance was deliberate:
"A Swede stays silent" as one meaning, while suggesting "a Swedish roaring aggressiveness" as the other meaning. In wartime, I think both these would make perfect sense, and combining them into one in a simple three-word message is very effective.
- mmhsieh 7y agothinking about it more, perhaps this was the intent; being a noncombatant country, silence among the citizens was perhaps promoted as an act of fortitude in furtherance of their self-preservation, which could be associated with the character of a tiger.