how it should sound

I just made this video response so you guys out there know how it really sounds from a native speaker. You made a really good attempt, amazingly good but you're not born here so your dialect is way off....
In all scandinavian languages it's hard to get the pronunciation right because there's no logic in the phonetics of the language... come of think of it... there's really no logic at all -.-

anyway this is how it should sound, at least if you're from halland^^

Category:

Education

Tags:

• swedish
• dialects
• languages
• world

[YnasMidgardNaule]

Is that right that the standard Swedish dialect is the one spoken in Stockholm and its close surroundings? I am quite interested in knowing why speakers of other dialects express such hate towards it. I have to admit that I don't know much Swedish, even less about its many dialects, so consider my question as of pure curiosity.

[Lighthammer18]

@YnasMidgardNaule no the people in Stockholm have their own dialect, the so called "rikssvenska" is the dialect from Nyköping. However many in Stockholm have this dialect instead of the usual stockholm dialect (which sounds terrible). The main reason we hate the dialect is because we hate Stockholmers, they tend to be snobby and aloof which really contradicts the jentelag that rules the rest of sweden. Just like Queen's english it just sounds snobby and disgusting.Also a bit fag in the bad way

[ACDCFan15Swe]

@Lighthammer18 Bra sagt, stockholmare suger ofta. Sveriges amerikanare

[Vheanom]

Is that you thor? :O

[KakaffStudios]

@JonasAnonym Hata Svenska och älska Engelska?

Nej men nu... Kanske om man bor söderut i Sverige. Men här uppe i norr är det då inte så.

[JonasAnonym]

@spum789 What is not true, about what I wrote?

[9244Matt]

Well I'm referring to Sweden's cultural heritage, not necessarily the culture in its current condition. And American culture? Have you been to the United States? Because I often hear people say their country is dominated by American culture, yet I don't see anything distinctly American about their culture.

I think the west in general is blurring into a sort of sad haze of rubbish, but countries like Sweden and Russia have beautiful cultural heritage. Don't you think so?

[Lighthammer18]

@9244Matt oh yes the incredible culture of sweden! The only swedish culture we have left is our strange foods. Other than that it's all forgotten and replaced by shitty american culture. Todays sweden is full of nolifers.. gamers, cheap blonde bitches and racists. that's sweden for you, welcome!

[spum789]

@JonasAnonym Now that isn't true. 

[spum789]

@JonasAnonym Now that isn't true.

[JonasAnonym]

@9244Matt I agree. Swedish also has a lot of advantages over English. 

[9244Matt]

@JonasAnonym I also find it sad that they would hate their language, it is such a beautiful language.

[9244Matt]

@JonasAnonym I find the general attitude of Swedes towards their language to be quite strange. I mean, Scandinavians in general are always so quick to jump on someone when they don't pronounce their language properly, yet it's not as if I hear very many Scandinavians with good accents when they speak English. Germans, for example, aren't surprised when they hear an American speaking German with an American accent, but Swedes seem a bit offended. All this pride in a language they hate? Hmmm.