Swedish 2 English - translation of some expressions

[Michael Zuchowski]

Hej,


Can anyone explain to me what the following expressions in swedish mean ?

att sno at sig - ?

att suga at sig - ?


And one thing more : I have the sentence "Bort med moms pa maten" - Does
it mean "To hell with VAT on food" ?


tackar, tackar

Mike

[Tim Kynerd]

Post by Michael Zuchowski
Hej,
Can anyone explain to me what the following expressions in swedish mean ?
att sno at sig - ?

"Sno" in my experience (I'm not a native speaker, but I have lived here
for almost ten years) is similar in meaning to "steal," so the implication
is that you're taking something you shouldn't be taking.

PS I assume that's "åt" and not "at."

Post by Michael Zuchowski
att suga at sig - ?

That could mean lots of things depending on context.

Post by Michael Zuchowski
And one thing more : I have the sentence "Bort med moms pa maten" - Does
it mean "To hell with VAT on food" ?

I'd translate it as "Get rid of the VAT on food." Again, assuming that's
"på" and not "pa" ;-).

HTH.

[Michael Zuchowski]

Thx for everything :)

Could you write me how you have included Swedish fonts here ? I've tried
but without any result. What type of
encoding should I choose ?

regards
Mike

[John Woodgate]

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Post by Michael Zuchowski
Thx for everything :)
Could you write me how you have included Swedish fonts here ? I've tried
but without any result. What type of
encoding should I choose ?

You don't need any encoding. The characters you need are hidden in your
computer. In two places, indeed. Press and hold the ALT key and type 160
on the numerical keypad with NUM LOCK on, and you should get á. In this
store, the characters are not in any logical order. But there is another
store, where you press and hold ALT and type, for example, 0229 and you
should get å. In this store, where most of the numbers from 0128 (€) to
0255 (ÿ) are valid for special characters, the characters are in a sort
of alphabetical order.

I don't use the first store, because I don't have a list of which key
combinations give which character, but there was a list of the second
store combinations in the Word Perfect manual many years ago, and I have
that but only in hard copy. There are probably lists on the net
somewhere.

You can compile your own list, of course. You can't do any damage with
these key combinations, but you may get the unprintable character symbol
? on the screen if the key combination doesn't give a real character.

[Urban Domeij]

Post by Michael Zuchowski
Hej,
Can anyone explain to me what the following expressions in swedish mean ?
att sno at sig - ?

"Sno åt sig" often refers to obvious acts of greed,
where a person takes the major part of something that
should rather be shared with partners.

Post by Michael Zuchowski
att suga at sig - ?

"Suga åt sig" when applied to a person, mostly is
enjoying that someone gives him credit or praise.
Often it's used in the imperative: "Sug åt dig!"

Literally, it means "absorb", just as a sponge absorbs.
It can also mean that someone is learning rapidly - "suger
åt sig som en svamp".

Post by Michael Zuchowski
And one thing more : I have the sentence "Bort med moms pa maten"
- Does it mean "To hell with VAT on food" ?

In a way, although "to Hell with" is maybe a bit strong
for "bort med", it's more like "remove the VAT on food"

Urban

[Gary Glencross]

I agree with the translations.

I have my computer set, so that I can use my keyboard as a
Swedish/Danish/Norwegian keyboard at the click of a mouse.
However, the easiest way to get Swedish fonts is by going to the Insert menu
in Microsoft Word and pulling down to Symbol and then choosing whichever
Swedish letter you want.

For E-mail though you're best setting up the keyboard as I have, or cheating
by cutting and pasting!

Gary

Post by Michael Zuchowski
Hej,
Can anyone explain to me what the following expressions in swedish mean ?
att sno at sig - ?
att suga at sig - ?
And one thing more : I have the sentence "Bort med moms pa maten" - Does
it mean "To hell with VAT on food" ?
tackar, tackar
Mike