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Burning Down · 01-03-2011, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Batty

I'll tell what Adelaide is like as that's where I live.

Winter: yeah pretty mild can drop to about 4C overnight occasionally, but mostly around 10C. Hottest time is 1st quarter, we've had 47C days in the middle of Feb and heat waves (5 or more days over 38C) in March. NYE was 41C.

Snow occurs in Victoria and NSW and the ACT.

I may have missed somewhere it snows. I think snow once fell n mount Lofty in SA but it is very very rare.

Holy crap that's hot! Is it humid there?

s_k · 01-03-2011, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Dotoar

I'm just cryptically fooling around.

Decrypt

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I'm fast

**Janszoon** · 01-03-2011, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Yikes! I don't think I'd like summers in Adelaide. Is it at least pretty dry?

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Holy crap that's hot! Is it humid there?

Heh. I love that you and I had basically the exact same reaction to that.

Dotoar · 01-08-2011, 12:43 AM

This one's mainly directed to the english-speaking part of the community. I suppose most of you know about those peculiar letters in the swedish alphabet, Å Ä Ö, but do you know how they are pronounced? I'm under the impression that a lot of non-swedes see them as variations of A and O, kinda like accents or something, am I right?

Paedantic Basterd · 01-08-2011, 12:46 AM

My first impression would be yes, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was completely incorrect.

**Janszoon** · 01-08-2011, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Dotoar

This one's mainly directed to the english-speaking part of the community. I suppose most of you know about those peculiar letters in the swedish alphabet, Å Ä Ö, but do you know how they are pronounced? I'm under the impression that a lot of non-swedes see them as variations of A and O, kinda like accents or something, am I right?

I would say your perception is accurate. I have no clue how to pronounce those letters. When I read "Ö" I'm definitely just hearing an English "O" in my head.

CanwllCorfe · 01-08-2011, 12:51 AM

I'm not sure about the Swedish pronunciation, but I am familiar with the German. Well, not the first letter with the small circle, but the ones with the umlauts.

Paedantic Basterd · 01-08-2011, 12:53 AM

Know what's a great language? ****ing Welsh.

Dw i'n byw yng Nghymru!

What is this I don't even

CanwllCorfe · 01-08-2011, 12:56 AM

That's what my username is!

Well.. old welsh. I would love to learn it, but if I spoke it, no one would know the greatness of its fucked up spelling and phonetic system unless I wrote it down.

Dotoar · 01-08-2011, 12:59 AM

Then it's probably my duty to inform you about the pronounciation, as none of them has any resemblance to the sound of either A or O:

Å: as in "wall" and "crawl"
Ä: as in "pass" and "stare"
Ö: as in "bird" and "sir"

That's why bands like Motörhead and Mötley Crüe sound rather funny up here. Not to mention Tröja, which with is the swedish word for sweater.

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Dotoar Supernatural anaesthetist Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Örebro, Sweden Posts: 436	This one's mainly directed to the english-speaking part of the community. I suppose most of you know about those peculiar letters in the swedish alphabet, Å Ä Ö, but do you know how they are pronounced? I'm under the impression that a lot of non-swedes see them as variations of A and O, kinda like accents or something, am I right? __________________ - More is more -

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CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	I'm not sure about the Swedish pronunciation, but I am familiar with the German. Well, not the first letter with the small circle, but the ones with the umlauts. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

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CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	That's what my username is! Well.. old welsh. I would love to learn it, but if I spoke it, no one would know the greatness of its fucked up spelling and phonetic system unless I wrote it down. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

01-08-2011, 12:59 AM	#510 (permalink)
Dotoar Supernatural anaesthetist Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Örebro, Sweden Posts: 436	Then it's probably my duty to inform you about the pronounciation, as none of them has any resemblance to the sound of either A or O: Å: as in "wall" and "crawl" Ä: as in "pass" and "stare" Ö: as in "bird" and "sir" That's why bands like Motörhead and Mötley Crüe sound rather funny up here. Not to mention Tröja, which with is the swedish word for sweater. __________________ - More is more -

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Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	My first impression would be yes, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was completely incorrect.

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Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Know what's a great language? ****ing Welsh. Dw i'n byw yng Nghymru! What is this I don't even