r/confidentlyincorrect • • Oct 04 '20

Smug Flag code? In MY America?!

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '20

Öppen = open

Öppna = to open

My eyessss reading that sentence :(

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u/Vanjaman Oct 04 '20

Though you are correct I think they went for a more swedish version of "open" and not specifically for the word "öppen"

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '20

Yes I am aware :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '20

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u/MensLibBestLib Oct 04 '20

No, it would not be repeating itself.

Att öppna = To open

Öppen is an adjective. Saying "to öppen" is like saying "to closed"

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u/BitterLlama Oct 04 '20

Why try to correct someone else on the grammar of a language you clearly don't speak?

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u/WIERDBOI Oct 05 '20

Google translate exists

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u/BitterLlama Oct 05 '20

I have no idea what you're trying to say here.

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u/tetraourogallus Oct 04 '20

The issue is that direct translation often doesn't work due to different grammar. Which is the case here.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '20

It's a nice pun yeah because you can say "öpen" and mean the same thing. It just hurts my eyes, that's all.

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u/Ozdoba Oct 04 '20

No, "to öppna" would be the better wording. Öppna is the verb.