Discussion: Boris is getting famous

An interview with him on OK Linne's web page. An he's speaking very good swedish!

I'm skeptical. You sure they didn't interview him in English and translate it? How would Boris know a word like "levnadsförhållandena"? Then again, his vocabulary in English is better than most of us who were born here (beware of facing him in a game of Boggle!).

My Swedish is limited to "the bald guy will pay the bill" and other similar useful phrases, so I need a little help here. I'm guessing that "Nylonbyxor eller tights?" is asking about his O-pants, and is in the same spirit as "boxers or briefs?". Also, what does "Då är mina frågor slut" mean? "You are my frugal slut"?

I think it means 'My questions are finished', unfortunately... and the 'o-pants or tights' question is answered 'o-pants on guys, tights on girls'.

Try http://www.systranbox.com/systran/box for Swedish-English translations. You may have to paste the text into the box manually.

for those who know boris, it's obvious from context that levnadsförhållandena means "SNAC and turtle populations"

All results on the OK Linné site are PDF documents. UGH! Have they not heard of dynamic HTML?

Rock on Boris. You are my new hero.

I have to confess that the interview was mostly in English, with some of the questions sent to me by email and answered in Swedish. My Swedish is getting better, but not THAT quickly.

Goddammit Boris! You are letting me down.

Aww, and here I was hoping this whole studying in Sweden thing was actually bearing some fruit...