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Funny swedish road signs11/4/2023 ![]() Swedish road signs are not always clear, and it might be helpful to learn a few terms. For instance, Sveriges mest sålda diskmedel was easy: “Sweden's most sold (best-selling) dishwasher (detergent)". ![]() If you know English and a bit of German, then you will find that you can understand a few Swedish sentences - or labels. Kock means “cook” (chef) and kuk means “cock”. “Meet me at six for sex” could be Träffa mig vid sex för sex. “Kiss” is kyss (or puss ), but I think it's pronounced the same way, which may cause certain confusion. There are other Swedish words that may sound funny to speakers of other languages. Then large black letters appeared on the screen: “SLUT”! For a few seconds, I thought it was a comment on the actions of the female character, until I remembered that, of course, slut just means “end” in Swedish. It ended with a woman driving away, furious, and a man, her ex-lover, walking backwards and forward in despair. We were watching a Swedish movie the other night.
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