Welcome back to our channel in today's video I'm gonna share six annoying
things that my Swedish girlfriend does. And to be fair, I don't know if all
Swedish girlfriends do this, but this one certainly does. And you have no idea what
I'm about to say. No idea what you will say. I'm excited, or should I be nervous?
Probably more nervous I'd say. Okay these things aren't that big of deal, they're
just little tiny annoying things that I had to respond to because you have
already told me annoying things about your American boyfriend. So now is my
chance to rebuttal and say annoying things about my Swedish girlfriend.
So the first annoying thing that you do is call tortilla "taco bread" and actually
I think a lot of Swedes do this, it's not just you. Because in Swedish it's called "taco
bröd" okay and that translates to taco bread, so if you just do the
translation in your head it's gonna be called "taco bread" in English. But it's
not bread, it's it's called tortilla, it has a name. So why don't you just call it
what it was named. But it is a bread, it's it is a sort of bread, I mean it's a
sort of something that you put in a burrito just like you put something on a
sandwich on a piece of bread. But bread is
something that's ground wheat that is baked, whereas the tortilla is
usually fried and it's made from corn, so in no way is it related to bread, which
is why every time someone says grab some "taco bread" for tacos tonight I cringe on
the inside. Because it's tortilla. But you could make it with
flour as well. True. It doesn't have to be with corn. That's true, but it's still
tortilla. I mean you're right, what do
they call it in Mexico where it comes from? They call it tortilla.
So the second annoying thing you do is start with your thumb when you're
counting 1 through 5. In the US you go one, two, three, "I want three tacos" "I want
one hot dog". You say "I want one hot dog"
No that's not what I do. If I count to three I do
one, two, three, But it should be one, two, three But if I want something just one thing I
do one if I want "three stuff" then I do one two three.
How the shooting start?
-Englishman gave himself away. -How'd he do that? -He ordered three glasses. We order three glasses
that's the German three. So that's strange to me, it should be one two three four
five. But in Sweden it's one two yeah like three. I would never say three. Can I
have three hot dogs please? This is like an alien. This is
also weird. -No I mean three like beers, or three beers
please? -Nah three beers -Three beers
Can I have four two beers. I'm gonna start saying it like that then. Can I have
four beers. One two three. That's like the same thing basically. The third annoying
thing that you do is write quotation marks with the six on either side of the
quote. -The six, what does that mean? -Okay so we were taught in school growing up that you open a
quotation with the sixes and that you close a quotation with the nines.
What do you mean wouldn't six and nine, I don't follow. -Okay so I'm gonna show it on
the screen here. So look at this quote. This is how you would normally write it
in the U.S. You have a six opening it, two sixes, and you have two nines closing it
that symbolizes the beginning the quote the end the quote. But in Sweden they
just use the sixes. The quotation mark at the beginning of sentence and at the end
of the sentence is the same symbol. But it should be an opening six symbol and a
closing nine simple. Well there's always two sides of the story. -Fair
You start the quotation with the two *noise and you end quotation with *noise. -okay I don't know it's
just yeah it's just a weird Swedish thing. -Well you guys can tell us how you
do in your country and we'll see who wins!
The fourth annoying thing that you do has to do with birthdays so when someone
asks you how old you are you don't give them the answer you respond with the
year that you were born. So if we're traveling people like oh how old you
guys and you respond oh I was born in 1994 and they're like that's not what I
asked you I asked you how old you are not what year were you born. -You're not
saying that when you're traveling if you ask someone in Sweden when you're born
you respond in 94. Meaning you're born in 1994.
But that's so strange, why not just when you're talking about ages why don't you
just say your age instead of the year you're born. -But for example, right now
I'm 25 years old, but I turn 26 in two months, so I'm 25 and 10 months, I'm
closer to 26, so if someone were to ask me are you 25, does that mean you're
you're turning 26 before December or you're about to turn 26. Because I'm
closer to 26 right now, because I'm only two months away from being 26, but I'm
still 25 -Yeah but telling them you're born 94
that's pretty ambiguous, you never say like December or
February 94. Well I usually say oh I'm 25 I'm born 1994. -Yeah it's just I kind of
can see maybe why the Swedes do it it's because once they learn your
birthdate they can always calculate how old you are.
Whereas if you just give your age now, in three or four years from now, they're
thinking about how old you are, they ,you know what I mean? Like I guess the birth
year is more concrete, but still I find it very annoying I just wish when I
politely ask someone oh how old are you they would just respond with the answer
and not with a riddle or some math problem I have to solve.
The fifth annoying thing that you do and again I love you but I find this very
annoying, is that you think everything is spicy. We go to a restaurant and you
ask for no pepper cause you think the pepper is spicy. You don't ask for
coriander because you think coriander spicy, if we go to a Mexican
restaurant you stay away from the salsa and that makes the whole Mexican meal.
And God forbid that you have a pepper or like anything with a little
bit of spice, I think it's so funny when you go out to lunch with a Swede and
they eat something, "like oh this is spicy" and you don't even feel a spice at
all. -I think it depends because I know a lot of Swedish people that love spicy
food AND he's exaggerating a little bit right now because I do and he really
likes spicy food but I comment "like oh this is
spicy" you know and it burns in my mouth but I still enjoy it you know. You know I
mean? -I mean I eat spicy food like we eat Mexican food, we eat Thai food that has weird
sauces and stuff in it. but I comment oh this is spicy.
I guess spiciness is a subjective thing so obviously not everyone's gonna have
the same tolerance for spice but I just feel in general that alright I don't
even it doesn't even bother me at all because it's their meal, but I think it's
just funny how you always hear comment like ooh this is so spicy this this a
piece of corn with the salt and pepper on it is so spicy.
-I've never said that about corn! -You never put pepper on your meals.
Whenever I put pepper on the eggs and stuff you're like "oh so much pepper is too spicy!"
You mean you mean chili flakes? -No pepper -Like bell pepper -No like round black
pepper
round black pepper -Oh pepper yeah pepper! No I do want some pepper but I just want
I don't want as much as you.
The sixth and final annoying thing that Julia does
and this is the thing that many Swedes do, is that they say a week number
instead of a date. So for example they'll say oh we're going on vacation week 42
through week 43 and a half, instead of being like we're going to vacation July
5th through July 10th. -You're exaggerating
How am I exaggerating? Because I've never in 26 years heard
some I'll say 43 and a half. Okay well they say we're going to a vacation week
42 and then part of week 43, when you could just clearly say... I don't like the
ambiguity of those things, I just like I'm going on vacation July 1st through
July 5th, you can expect me back July 6. Instead of, and then with weeks it's so
hard to keep track of the weeks. ok think of it this way. Is it easier to break
down an entire year into 12 months and then dates within that month? Or to
remember 52 weeks and when those things are. If that makes sense? -It makes sense
and I don't use weeks that often, I do use weeks when I have my vacation so for
example my boss sends me an email "hey when do you want to have your vacation
in the summer" and I say "Oh week 28 to 31" or something -I just what does that mean
to me that's like okay is that March is that July. Week 21 I have to calculate 21 divided by 4
that's how many months.
In Sweden you know that like you're having your vacation in between like 20 week 25 and
35 ish and I think that our parents and grandparents use it way more. I think
us young adults don't use it as much as our parents do, but I don't know
Like bell pepper? Well again these things aren't that
big of deal they're just little tiny annoying things that I had to respond to
because you have already told me annoying things about your American
boyfriend so now is my chance to rebuttal and say annoying things about
my Swedish girlfriend