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Språkrådet, the Swedish Language Council, issues a list of new words every year that officially enter the Swedish language. Some of them make sense, some are just silly, but most are related to pop culture. When I was reading the list over the weekend, my husband and I were laughing over the word ogooglebar. It [...]
Why Lost in Stockholm Exists… And Why I Write
6, Feb 2013The most popular (or infamous) article on this site is the “10 Things I Hate About Sweden.” Somehow, people take it so personally that it mandates a comment filled with insults, hate, or name-calling directed to me. And they believe that this entire blog exists to hate on Sweden. If that is the case, then [...]
UPDATE: June 21st, 2012. I found some more shocking things Sonia said that put together, qualifies her for a padded white room. Quotes are listed below. You know it’s always fun when a country fucks up. And fucks up royally via Twitter. I totally missed this but a few days ago, a Swede on the [...]
Stockholm Decides to Consider, Maybe, Possibly Fining People for Cigarette Littering – Half Win
23, May 2012Two weeks ago, the Moderaterna Traffic and labor commissioner in charge of sanitation in Stockholm, Ulla Hamilton, wrote an op-ed piece in the newspaper Aftonbladet about cigarette littering {cigaretfimpar} and the need to curtail butt litter. Basically, she wrote littering is bad and that the city needs to pass a law that both makes it [...]
Delta, Air France, KLM & Most Airlines Won’t Allow Rabbits to Travel Internationally – You Suck
6, May 2012I found out disappointing news from my favorite airline, Delta. They no longer accept rabbits as checked baggage internationally. Only on *some* domestic flights will they allow rabbits in the cabin. Which ones? Call them and figure it out yourself. This is very disappointing for me since I have in the past traveled with Delta [...]
The Swedish Batman is Leather Patch!
4, May 2012The Swedes have their own name for Batman: Läderlappan. It literally translates to: Leather Patch. Okay…I kid, not really. Läderlappen actually means Bat. The ‘man’ is lost along the way though. Errr, va?! {thanks to Khawar for posting this to the FB page} For the Swedes who seem to be confused and refuse to accept [...]
Dear Adobe, You Have Crap Customer Service
17, Apr 2012I know I complain about customer service in Sweden a lot. But today, I bring you one of the worst companies I have encountered with personally. I’m not the only one who thinks their service sucks. You can read here, here, here, here, and here about horror stories from Adobe Service. That was in 2009…Opps. [...]
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9 Issues That Tear America Apart {And Don’t Need To}
13, Apr 2012I know I complain a lot about Sweden and Stockholm and the Swedish people but there are days when I am ashamed to be American. That is because there are Americans who choose to force their ‘rights’ onto others because of their religious believes or morality. I am fine if you want to express yourself [...]
Fine Dining at a Swedish Restaurant
10, Feb 2012I heard this from a reader and just couldn’t stop laughing. Now I know we pick on men a lot for saying dumb things, but this, from a Swedish girl, is priceless. An English guy who is dating a Swedish girl asked her to take him to a nice Swedish restaurant in Sweden. Knowing that [...]
Just a thanks to you readers who supported our blackout to protest SOPA and PIPA. More than 4.6 million people signed the Google petition alone. And Twitter.com CEO Dick Costolo, said Wikipedia’s blackout is: “… just silly. Closing a global business in reaction to single-issue national politics is foolish.” Who’s foolish now poop head? Should [...]
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