I know, I've seen that too. I guess it's inevitable to some extent; I just hope the insult doesn't become its first meaning.
Thank you! I don't get a lot of feedback on my language use, so hearing that from a native speaker matters a lot. I think Swedes in general have a good start on the English language; we start studying it early in school and all television shows are texted rather than dubbed, so we hear it a lot too. I've had the further advantage of most of my secondary school and university studies being taught in English, but above all, I think it comes from reading a lot. The number of SF and fantasy novels available in Swedish was pretty limited when I was a kid, and I had to switch language pretty early in order to satisfy my appetite... :-)
In any case, I love the English language! It has so many more words and is so much more flexible than Swedish. It makes it much easier to satisfy my craving for exactness, and even though I know I'm prone to what tvtropes calls Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness - believe me, it would sound even worse in Swedish!
I feel I have to add a bit of a disclaimer, though. Because I've learned most of the language from context rather than studying it in itself, I don't actually "know" a lot of grammatical rules, I just write what sounds good to me. Also, I'm not particularly good at pronunciation (not likely to be a problem between us, though!) or the spoken and informal uses in general; as well as finding it difficult to separate British and American usage etc. If you notice me consistently doing something strange, please feel free to point it out! :-)
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Thank you! I don't get a lot of feedback on my language use, so hearing that from a native speaker matters a lot. I think Swedes in general have a good start on the English language; we start studying it early in school and all television shows are texted rather than dubbed, so we hear it a lot too. I've had the further advantage of most of my secondary school and university studies being taught in English, but above all, I think it comes from reading a lot. The number of SF and fantasy novels available in Swedish was pretty limited when I was a kid, and I had to switch language pretty early in order to satisfy my appetite... :-)
In any case, I love the English language! It has so many more words and is so much more flexible than Swedish. It makes it much easier to satisfy my craving for exactness, and even though I know I'm prone to what tvtropes calls Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
- believe me, it would sound even worse in Swedish!
I feel I have to add a bit of a disclaimer, though. Because I've learned most of the language from context rather than studying it in itself, I don't actually "know" a lot of grammatical rules, I just write what sounds good to me. Also, I'm not particularly good at pronunciation (not likely to be a problem between us, though!) or the spoken and informal uses in general; as well as finding it difficult to separate British and American usage etc. If you notice me consistently doing something strange, please feel free to point it out! :-)