I am from Sweden

[Shadow.97]

*offtopic* dat R! XD
But yes, listen to bubster, he says it right.

[humbert]

Bubster: Thanks for the audio clip you uploaded. As Shadow said, the closest we have to the proper pronunciation of å is the English word "Core". The important thing is that I finally know.

Incidentally, is that your voice? As for where you live, the full address you stated first came up blank on Google maps. I was just wondering if you live in a city or town that's basically a suburb of Stockholm, since you said Huvusta was close and it does appear on Google maps as a separate entity. Another thing: Google translate says that the Swedish translation of "goodbye" is "adjö" -- if so, what's the difference between the 2 words, and is ö pronounced differently from å?

Shadow - what's that ice cream truck with music that you left a YouTube link for?

[Shadow.97]

Bubster: Thanks for the audio clip you uploaded. As Shadow said, the closest we have to the proper pronunciation of å is the English word "Core". The important thing is that I finally know.

Incidentally, is that your voice? As for where you live, the full address you stated first came up blank on Google maps. I was just wondering if you live in a city or town that's basically a suburb of Stockholm, since you said Huvusta was close and it does appear on Google maps as a separate entity. Another thing: Google translate says that the Swedish translation of "goodbye" is "adjö" -- if so, what's the difference between the 2 words, and is ö pronounced differently from å?

Shadow - what's that ice cream truck with music that you left a YouTube link for?

Oh lol, that is the icecream trucks music track that it plays when it passes by.(Go get some icecream sandwhiches
Goodbye= Adjö, Hejdå(more common),ses(see you later), syns(see you later)etc.
And yes Å and Ö, is far from the same, atleast in my opinion. I cant type it out how to pronounce it, the only word i got to know has the "ö" is UK "Girl"(Phoenetic a small "3:")

Huvusta= its like people say cuz, instead of because.
so the correct spelling of it is "huvudstaden"

[Bubster]

Bubster: Thanks for the audio clip you uploaded. As Shadow said, the closest we have to the proper pronunciation of å is the English word "Core". The important thing is that I finally know.

Incidentally, is that your voice? As for where you live, the full address you stated first came up blank on Google maps. I was just wondering if you live in a city or town that's basically a suburb of Stockholm, since you said Huvusta was close and it does appear on Google maps as a separate entity. Another thing: Google translate says that the Swedish translation of "goodbye" is "adjö" -- if so, what's the difference between the 2 words, and is ö pronounced differently from å?

Shadow - what's that ice cream truck with music that you left a YouTube link for?

Yep, that was my voice humbert. (always sounds so horrible when you listen to yourself) And yep, I gurss that Core is a good word to use when trying get ths idea how the Å sounds.
Now to try and clear up some things, with some names and places...
Huvustad = Capitol.............Huvudstaden = The capitol
Huvudsta = Also a name of a suburb to Stockholm (sometimes misspelled "Huvusta")
The city/suburb were I live is situated a little bit northeast of it, in a place called Täby

(Oh crap...I shouldn't have said that...now someone is gonna wonder how the Ä is prononouced!)

[humbert]

Yep, that was my voice humbert. (always sounds so horrible when you listen to yourself) And yep, I gurss that Core is a good word to use when trying get ths idea how the Å sounds.
Now to try and clear up some things, with some names and places...
Huvustad = Capitol.............Huvudstaden = The capitol
Huvudsta = Also a name of a suburb to Stockholm (sometimes misspelled "Huvusta")
The city/suburb were I live is situated a little bit northeast of it, in a place called Täby

Gee Bubster, if I were a straight woman I'd say your voice is sexy  . Anyway, you've given me a clear picture of everything now and it's easy to find you.

(Oh crap...I shouldn't have said that...now someone is gonna wonder how the Ä is prononouced!)

I'm that someone -- how DO you pronounce it? Is there an English word that comes close?

[Bubster]

Yep, that was my voice humbert. (always sounds so horrible when you listen to yourself) And yep, I gurss that Core is a good word to use when trying get ths idea how the Å sounds.
Now to try and clear up some things, with some names and places...
Huvustad = Capitol.............Huvudstaden = The capitol
Huvudsta = Also a name of a suburb to Stockholm (sometimes misspelled "Huvusta")
The city/suburb were I live is situated a little bit northeast of it, in a place called Täby

Gee Bubster, if I were a straight woman I'd say your voice is sexy  . Anyway, you've given me a clear picture of everything now and it's easy to find you.

(Oh crap...I shouldn't have said that...now someone is gonna wonder how the Ä is prononouced!)

I'm that someone -- how DO you pronounce it? Is there an English word that comes close?

Well here we go Humbert...a new sound clip for you
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?462t79yeku1xc6b
In it you will hear how the letters Ä and Ö are pronounced.
I'm saying three words of each letter...and the words are
Ärlig (Honest), Äntligen (Finally) Älska (to love) and then we have Öster (east), Önskan (wish), Övrigt (other)

So now you are very close to be able to say every word you may see at IKEA, and impress everyone around you!

[Bubster]

What..wait a second...there is no pr0n section at this place? Boy did I make a wrong turn somewhere.

Oh, sorry...Hi, Bubster is the name and I hail from Sweden...were we live for two things... IKEA and Sex. All we do here is buying furniture from IKEA...assemble them with a hex key and a lot of swearing....and after that we have sex with everyone that is around! At least that is what I have read out on the internet! (so I guess it must be true)

Great place you have here!! (I think I might stick around even without the above mentioned section) 

[humbert]

What..wait a second...there is no pr0n section at this place? Boy did I make a wrong turn somewhere.

BTW, if you're looking for pr0n, I'll send you a Dropbox link for "torrent searcher". I found this freeware proggie by accident and, believe me, with this you can get anything out there. I leeched so many full featured and complete pr0n movies that there are some which came down in February that I still haven't had the time to look at!! And if you really like it, I suggest you run out and get the biggest USB hard drive you can afford .

Oh, sorry...Hi, Bubster is the name and I hail from Sweden...were we live for two things... IKEA and Sex. All we do here is buying furniture from IKEA...assemble them with a hex key and a lot of swearing....and after that we have sex with everyone that is around! At least that is what I have read out on the internet! (so I guess it must be true)

I was under the impression nobody had sex is Sweden because somewhere I heard it was too cold for that .

As for Ikea, as you know by now, I bought ALL my new furniture there when I relocated to San Antonio (TX) from Hialeah (FL) [a suburb of Miami] a year ago at this time. In the Miami area, the Ikea store is located in Sunrise, but here the closest Ikea is in Round Rock (with Google Maps on another tab, you'll immediately find these places). The names they have for their stuff are wierd. My dresser drawer and my bed are both called "Malm", which in Swedish means something else entirely. Some of their furniture names don't even come up in Google Translator! And the assembly? Oh, man!! Worse still, on 2 occasions we had to drive all the way to Round Rock just to get missing parts! Fortunately they were nice about it and gave us the parts for free, no questions asked. But what I absolutely love is the Swedish food they serve. I was telling Shadow I am in love with Lingonberry, and every time we go we buy several jars. Shadow told me that at his house the have it home made. When I told my wife about that, her mouth watered, as did mine . And of course, at every Ikea store you visit, the gold Nordic cross against the blue field flies high in the wind. I even carry a little tiny one they have me in my fanny pack - all the more now with you and Shadow.

Great place you have here!! (I think I might stick around even without the above mentioned section) 

I'd love to visit Sweden. All I've heard are great things, and the pics in Google Images are beautiful. What I'd also love is to get away from the heat. San Antonio is cooler in the winter than Miami, but summertime temps of 40° to 43°C are common. In Miami rarely does it go as high as 37°C, but factor in the humidity and it feels much hotter. Last time I saw snow was during a trip to Canada some 12 years ago.

BTW, what the hell is a "stornäs"? (Ikea name)

[humbert]

Well here we go Humbert...a new sound clip for you
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?462t79yeku1xc6b
In it you will hear how the letters Ä and Ö are pronounced.
I'm saying three words of each letter...and the words are
Ärlig (Honest), Äntligen (Finally) Älska (to love) and then we have Öster (east), Önskan (wish), Övrigt (other)

I just heard it! Thanks! Clearer than that, not even water. The only problem in talking to the people in Ikea is that almost none of the employees speak Swedish, only those in high places do (remember, this is not Europe). Why they don't make an effort to at least learn something about Swedish is beyond my comprehension. This despite the fact that in many places there are signs in Swedish with the English translation below. I have always been intensely curious about the names for their merchandise, not just what do the mean but why were they even selected.

[Maher]

Hello Bubster,

Nice to have you here!
I love Sweden and I love people from there

When I was in Russia I was lucky to be in Kazan, you know why?
Because there was IKEA
I knew about IKEA from there. I loved the place and I enjoyed my visits there.
And I still keep some stuff from there.