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I'm a non-native English speaker and has heard it used many times. But since I'm Swedish it's also instantly understandable for me and so easier to remember may

by boxed 6y ago

I'm a non-native English speaker and has heard it used many times. But since I'm Swedish it's also instantly understandable for me and so easier to remember maybe.

sedeki 6y ago
I'm Swedish and have never seen nor heard "schtum" before. Guess "keeping quiet" didn't come to the author's mind. /s
- CRConrad 6y ago
  And it didn't sound the least bit familiar from any similar Swedish word...?
  - sedeki 6y ago
    Of course it does, given that there is a cognate Swedish word. I still have never seen "schtum" in English before. Maybe I'm just a schmuck.
    - CRConrad 6y ago
      Ett kutterschmycke.