Sweden: interesting people and things I saw

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20190705_125933 Ray and R on the tiny train

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20190705_121431 View from the observation tower stairwell

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20190705_115143 Ray and R on the treetop path

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Sweden: interesting people and things I saw

I visited my friend Audrone and her family in Stockholm, Sweden in May of 2006. This album contains pictures of things I saw that were of some interest; various details of Swedish everyday life that were unusual to me. It also contains "street fashion" pictures of people on the streets of Stockholm.

One day I was standing with Audrone at a bus stop in Stockholm near her home, when a neighbor walked up to her. They exchanged these words: "moron" -- "moron", and went on to have an ordinary conversation. I had to suppress a chuckle. Yes, I realized "moron" must mean morning in Swedish, but it was still funny. (Actually it's spelled "morgon", but the g is silent.)

In this spirit, I took several pictures of Swedish signs that contain words that mean something funny in English. Or at least funny to me, thanks to my unsophisticated sense of humor. :-) So, in this post I will take cheap shots at Swedish language and attempt to make lame multilingual puns.

Date: 06/07/2006

Owner: Elze

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CIMG2906Hiss

I guess an older name for an elevator must have been "clang" or "clatter"? :-)

Date: 05/25/2006

CIMG2967AdeccoBemanning

Bemanning, as one might rightfully suspect, means "staffing" in Swedish. And how charmingly quirky it sounds in English, with its archaic prefix be, straight out of high fantasy, as in words bestow or bedeck. (More behind the link)

Date: 05/26/2006

DSCF3889Slutstation

It means "end station", or terminal, in Swedish. Yes, I am easily amused.:-)

Date: 05/28/2006

CIMG3045SidewalkTables

The cutest, most ingenious sidewalk tables I've ever seen. One could never imagine that this tiny sliver of a sidewalk could provide enough space for outdoors tables -- at least not by American standards. :-) But it does.

Date: 05/27/2006

CIMG3030SubwayAd

An ad in Stockholm subway that does not make you feel good about yourself, but gets your attention

Date: 05/26/2006

CIMG3022StripyCrest

On a Friday night in Stockholm, a girl with long blond hair sculpted into a crest

Date: 05/26/2006

CIMG3023StripyCrest

Another shot of the same girl with long blond hair sculpted into a crest

Date: 05/26/2006

CIMG2915RalphLundstenCanopyCouc

This picture was taken at a certain Swedish electronic music composer's, semi-celebrity and all-around New Age'y person's home. The house decor is a greatest paean to kitsch that anyone could have ever written. (More behind the link)

Date: 05/25/2006

CIMG2918BarSink

This painted scalloped sink that "grows" out of the wall is not bad either.

Date: 05/25/2006

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