SWEDISH Things my Girlfriend Does! (American Boyfriend Perspective) 🇸🇪🇺🇸

[@EvanThomas]

Our lates video: Swedish Healthcare vs. US Healthcare - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZjJXneClMqNl6M

[@AP-lq5ho]

You both look adorable.

[@honshuset5640]

Lär dig svenska innan du kritiserar språket!!!

[@honshuset5640]

Hon gjorde rätt på allt. Fast grejen med kryddan är bara hon

[@mikkobrostrom]

@@honshuset5640 öhh jag säger tortillas

[@honshuset5640]

@@mikkobrostrom vad fan babblar du om?

[@Vinterland]

Haha tortilla is 100% bread, it's in the flatbread group. (Corn doesn't make it more or less of a bread.)

[@amandadose9002]

Vinter Du måste vara i skolan 24/7 🥱

[@abcdefg216]

I think, along time ago, before swedish ppl had ovens and alot of ingredienses they made flat BREAD, by the fire, and this bread looks and are similar to tortillas. I think its coming from that. I use it to separate the word from taco-shells, the hard and chrunchy ones. :)

[@amandaisberg9198]

Vinter thank you.

[@KarlAKarl]

yeah but still if it is 100% bread doesnt leave much space for corn, if anything its cornbread even if it is not cornbread.

[@nicktankard1244]

yes but it's a specific type of bread that has a name. Taco bread sounds wrong.

[@melindaolsson8592]

In Swedish schools we always use weeks instead of dates when talking about tests and such.

[@EvanThomas]

Interesting

[@erikak8665]

Only sadists use weeks 😳

[@juliaally]

melinda olsson no we don’t

[@melindaolsson8592]

Julia Ally me and everyone I know always have, but maybe it depends where u live😊

[@juliaally]

@@melindaolsson8592 vrf skriver du på eng ens?

[@Mysmasken]

We use straight quotes in Sweden, makes perfect sense =) The year you were born is very important in Sweden. I think it's because the cut-off date for school is in January and not September. You're always grouped up with people born your year, whether it's for extracurricular activities, school, camps, etc.

[@EvanThomas]

Thanks!

[@michaelwestenholz4458]

@@EvanThomas In e.g. MS Word we get the 66 at both ends - I guess as a legacy problem, it certainly is not anything specified in our language - and yes it annoys some of us as-well.

[@katarinaherlitz8398]

@@michaelwestenholz4458 Really? Our Swedish teacher in school told us specifically to use 66 at the end as that is how you write in Swedish and not to confuse with the American 99

[@michaelwestenholz4458]

@@katarinaherlitz8398 Hm Dansk sprognævn does not actually indicate any preference - i.e. we may do like we want!? But the Wiki indicates a preference for the 66 99 - but as I stated Microsoft has implemented the 'Swedish' model. da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citationstegn

[@mamrpartr134]

In Bulgarian you write the first pair up ant the finishing pair down

[@klarist784]

Han tycker säkert djungelvrål e ”starkt”

[@martinkuta4693]

😂😂

[@jellycat533]

Hahaha

[@MrBadlemon]

Ha ha

[@pizzasampletext8271]

Ha Ha

[@Nooni863]

Eller 66 starkt 99

[@TheWilliammoreShow]

Jag som Svensk blir lite irriterad inombords 😂

[@TheOneAndOnlyRwz]

Håller med! Han verkar tro att allt han gör och säger är det rätta och alla som gör annorlunda gör fel...

[@samkevin3887]

Kända samma sak

[@hwalleluja]

Eller hur?

[@hwalleluja]

@@TheOneAndOnlyRwz asså nae, han säger ju flera gånger att det bara är några små irriterande saker

[@TheOneAndOnlyRwz]

Hela hans kroppsspråk säger motsatsen...

[@lollapoppa7599]

I’m sorry and I’m not serious about this at all but my dad overheard this video and said that the conclusion out of this is that Americans are bad at counting Omajgad jag fick mer än tre likes på en kommentar hörni! Waow!! 😁

[@VictoriaThatsMe]

Sweden is pretty much like Norway on most aspects (where I'm from), but if someone asks me how old I am, I answer with my age, not my year of birth 😄

[@EvanThomas]

haha

[@missdead1]

@@VictoriaThatsMe folk bruker "hvilken årgang er du?" ganske ofte da, spesielt eldre. Det er kanskje der det kommer fra.

[@VictoriaThatsMe]

@@missdead1 skjønner 😊

[@tildeostlund]

Haha

[@zoomishaw4765]

I don’t know. She came across as a practical, cool minded, level headed, kind hearted , intelligent girl. You however came across as a jerk. ( term used lovingly. Not as an insult )

[@zacharydunn3081]

No, he's not a jerk. They were just trying to make a video that's at least 10 minutes long for the money. It just makes him appear to be a petty complainer as he tries to find enough annoying things to fill the 10 minutes.

[@maccifyme]

I agree but I wouldn't use the term lovingly. To me he seems just... Condescending and annoying.

[@apflesk]

With previous comments in mind, he sounds American.

[@froodinih1721]

Simp

[@BackSeatHump]

I agree.

[@ianjones7488]

Annoying things Americans do: think everyone should do everything in the same way, their way.

[@juliareed9823]

Ian Jones exactly. No wonder Americans are considered totally ignorant morons.

[@mr-vb3id]

and they think america is the entire world.

[@10B111H]

American here from the East Coast. We typically embrace cultural differences and are open minded to new experiences and new people. This guy is just an emotional snowflake.

[@matchopatcho5762]

@@10B111H True lol

[@pjangels609]

@@juliareed9823 By your logic then... "generalizing" about Americans makes you an ignorant moron as well then.

[@astral_rain]

10 minutes and 25 seconds of an american being annoyed by a different culture

[@bd-fp9fb]

That's Americans for you!

[@hampuswahlgren5952]

Lmaao grow the fuck up. He is literally pointing small things out. How touchy can you be. Just dont watch the fucking video then. He also has a video about things he likes about sweden, have you noticed?

[@mollytaylor8122]

Aaand this is why I'm moving out of this US hellhole to Denmark as soon as I possibly can! (And I'm actually learning the language too, unlike most of my fellow Americans)

[@phillytheflyerable]

swedes also gets annoyed by american culture

[@hampuswahlgren5952]

@@phillytheflyerable very much so. But apparently its ok when we do it but not others hahah..

[@lotta7235]

We don't have 6 and 9, we have " 😅

[@lindanicolausson6148]

yup!

[@stinesundgot401]

Lotta agreed🙌🏼

[@zelda_lb]

"""""" yea!

[@cribz99]

The birth year thing is actually really interesting. For me, I kind of categorize people in my head depending on what year they were born. I almost never think of people as their age in numbers, only their birth year... I don’t know I think it’s a way of relating the person to myself, it just says a lot more about them.

[@emauuu]

Same

[@EvanThomas]

I always think of their age

[@GustavSvard]

@@EvanThomas but then you have to update the list constantly! using the birth year means it's an unchanging fact about them :)

[@welcometotikworld7010]

Elsa Persson me tooo! Maybe it’s a very cultural thing that we don’t even think about.

[@cribz99]

Gustav Löwgren Yes it becomes like a trait

[@tuva9075]

It’s called tortilla in Sweden too... just read on the package

[@samhirsch4090]

Tuva Wetterholm man säger taco bröd

[@tuva9075]

Sam Hirsch jag hat faktiskt Aldrig hört någon säga det. Möjligen tortillabröd, men aldrig tacobröd

[@ericanoren5212]

Säger alltid Tacobröd, du får gå ut och träffa mer folk! 😂

[@tuva9075]

Erica Norén det skulle jag nog behöva, hahah, men det står faktiskt tortilla på paketen

[@erikak8665]

Har ärligt talat aldrig hört någon säga "tacobröd"... 😲

[@veritateminquirendam2403]

These are normal things I think. The annoying thing I find is him 😂

[@ananannanas]

😂😂😂

[@donexqde]

Well maybe you should put your ignorance to the side and admit that different people have a different point of view on things.

[@leamarina5412]

Your comment are annoying

[@TheMakimachi]

saying which year you're born instead of your age makes so much sense when you're hanging with people close to your own age. Especially in school you'd know if the person you're talking to is in the same grade as you or below/above

[@linajurgensen4698]

Sorry the guy is kinda rude... why is the counting annoying wtf? That’s basically how all Europeans count.

[@callmeishmael7452]

Linda Jürgensen not even slightly,

[@elinebelle5128]

I agree .Does she have her own channel , I rather watch only her

[@richlisola1]

You think he is rude? For expressing a subjective opinion? You should see how petty her video is about him

[@Inesieb]

I was thinking the same, I am Spanish and I count like her

[@MikeSheasheaDtree]

In American Sign language you start with the thumb...

[@neonsvampen1]

Im a Swedish woman, i also count with my thumb first , That's what feels Most natural

[@immaculatemisconception5969]

Jag räknar inte med tummen... det känns otroligt konstigt

[@sergioaquilina]

if you have 35 stuffs? you count all 35 time?

[@neonsvampen1]

@@sergioaquilina eeh what?!

[@danyelPitmon]

I am an American and I do have to agree with you it sounds more rational to me even though I count with my first finger not my thumb starting but maybe starting with the thumb or something I should start doing

[@benmorris7276]

I'm canadian and i use my thumb first when i count past one and most canadians don't . But counting with your thumb is the correct way becuase it's the first digit on your hand

[@lindanicolausson6148]

YES

[@nicktankard1244]

no it's not because you can't(don't?) use your thumb on it's own. So if you want to stop counting at 1 you either switch to an index finger or get stuck with a thumb but that gesture is universally understood as "thumbs up" already.

[@benmorris7276]

@@nicktankard1244 i just realised i start counting with my thumb. And yes the thumb is the first digit or carpal on the hand but i switch to the index finger when im ordering 1 drink at the pub

[@nicktankard1244]

@@benmorris7276 yep that's what most people do i think. It seems a bit inconsistent and weird to me. it's the main reason why i consider this way of counting inferior.

[@aminnar6380]

Well that depends.. Your pinky can be the "first" digit also

[@Hetsapa]

Foreigner: how old are you? Me: 88 Foreigner:??????????? Me: Oh, I mean 31

[@leemkamal3699]

Hetsapa hahaha😂

[@tildeostlund]

True🧐

[@Hetsapa]

@Lilian Alici Hur gammal är du? (How old are you) Jag är 88a (I'm 88) That's how we said it back in the day

[@Dixxi91]

I do this constantly. People are very confused when I say my age because they're like "No, you're clearly in your 20s - not your 90s....." xD

[@Emeand33]

Lmao we don’t respond with just the number we say “I’m born 88” or in broken English “I’m an 88:er”

[@christel7579]

you sound so passive aggressive about these small differences and lmao as a danish person i feel so targeted bc i can totally relate to julia

[@majapiltoft7141]

christel same im from Denmark

[@FridaHennoks]

ANNOYED BY THIS BOY! If these things bother you I don't understand why you travel at all.

[@EvanThomas]

We travel a lot

[@hampuswahlgren5952]

Vänta hur gammal är du? Snacka om att ta allt han säger extrem seriöst. Tror du att han gjorde denna videon för att lätta på bröstet eller? Skärp dig. Helt sjukt hur okapabla vi är att ens försöka förstå varför någon gör/säger något. SPECIELLT om det är saker som är relaterat till Sverige. Ooouh så jävla illa upp vi tar då.

[@techjunkie4786]

Frida Hennoks I’ve noticed something about a lot of Swedes and Danes (not saying you’re either), they’re the most sensitive and thin skinned people I have ever met. Fins are so much cooler and chill. This guy could not have been more chill and relaxed. People seem triggered by him because they themselves obviously have a superiority complex. Her video about things she gets annoyed with about Americans was much more harsh in my opinion.

[@MsAmannnda]

To be honest agree very much with you on this one, I’m from Sweden but moved to Spain and to be honest I do as them when I’m their haha, like honestly of course you will be annoyed about stuff but, I don’t know I feel kind of his attitude is kind off bad, like his vibe

[@MsAmannnda]

TechJunkie seems your more upset about this comments from Swedish perspective to be honest. I mean drag all Danish and Swedish over a comb was very generalized of you😉 no one said they hate Americans only that they don’t dig this boys vibe

[@philipcosgrove6859]

AS A EUROPEAN I AGREE WITH THE SWEDE, IT IS BREAD ! LIKE INDIAN BREADS CHAPATI AND PAPPADAM. CRACKERBREAD ?

[@sergioaquilina]

in italy is tortilla.

[@AP-lq5ho]

Pappdam isnt bread

[@loot5532]

As an American, this guy sounds kinda picky lol

[@metteg.1898]

OMG he’s annoying. Rolls eyes like a teenage girl😂

[@techjunkie4786]

Anne V. You must not be able to take your eyes off of him because she clearly rolls her eyes several times in the video, and she even playfully hits him (passive aggressive behavior) when he mocks her. They obviously go back and forth with each other and both seem happy with the playful banter. Try not to be so sensitive, Anne, and look at things in an objective way.

[@agnesalfredsson937]

why do you do it like this "how old are you?" "i am a freshmen" for example. it's weird

[@fride.d]

Agnes Alfredsson I don’t even know what grade you are in if you are a freshmen, that system is so confusing

[@afcgeo882]

“Freshman”, “Sophomore”, “Junior” and “Senior” aren’t age delineations. They’re about the year of high school or college/uni you’re in. Both are 4 years.

[@fride.d]

@@afcgeo882 but which is the first year and last? That's my question

[@agnesalfredsson937]

@@afcgeo882 i know but if you ask someone how old they are a lot of them answer with the grade that they're in

[@afcgeo882]

Fride D. Julien Take a guess! 3 of them are very logical!

[@miajohansson4473]

this is because we in Sweden usually take holidays for whole weeks, so that our employers use weeks because of holiday allowance etc.

[@mademoiselledusfonctionell1609]

"In no way it's related to bread"? Duh! Most tortillas in Sweden are made of wheat, by the way.

[@phillipsindel2291]

In Mexico tortillas are made both from maize (corn) and from wheat; you can choose.

[@hopmaestro4143]

"A tortilla (/tɔːrˈtiːə/, Spanish: [toɾˈtiʎa]) is a type of thin flatbread"

[@ericlind6581]

Yeah the guy isn’t very knowledgeable.

[@lovemarsh8037]

What I answer on "How old are you?" depend on if the person asking is around the same age as me or not. If the person is around the same i use the year while if the person has a big difference in age I would use age(or if they are foreigners or strangers). I use the year so it's easier to check if you are "correctly" the same age as me or not, e.g: you ask a person in the summer how old they are and both say 20, though you were actually a year older, but bc the other had birthday earlier than you both are in the same age but not really. I think the reason I do it is to see "Oh, I'm x year younger/older, then they must be in x grade in school" and then easier to talk or not talk about things that are age related/school related/and other things they may or may not have learned.

[@givingup9967]

It seems that he is a very boring and a difficult guy to be with cuz it feels like he is focused on the annoying things about her

[@t0tta]

He said in the start that it's a payback for when she did it to him

[@Pathrissia]

She did an exact same video about him..

[@hampuswahlgren5952]

You seem like a touchy person. This is a video idéa. Why be an asshole?

[@JDiculous1]

That's kind of the topic of this video

[@u010602]

I would say he acts like USA chauvinist and annoyed by things that should not matter at all. He acts very similar to Russian chauvinists.

[@erik....]

The birth year makes more sense to me because it's a constant but the age changes. And you always have yourself to relate to, for example if I ask someone and they are born in 95 then I know they are X years younger than me and that's what counts really. And also the week thing is mostly from work I think. We always express deliveries, start of production and so on in week-day.. Like 38-2. This way we know it's a tuesday.. And we know exactly how many working days there are left until then. You don't get that from a date. Plus there are things like the winter holiday for schools that is always on week 10 where I live.

[@EvanThomas]

This is true

[@nicktankard1244]

Week thing is weird. It's the first time i, hearing about this. It seems like an unnecessary complication. I guess if you used it then you will navigate weeks easier but i just don't see the advantage. The birth year is also weird. In some sense, it's more precise because you will know the year but it doesn't answer the question "how old are you?" because you could be off by almost a year. It especially matters around significant ages like 18 or 30.

[@miguelgz22]

Men asså hur är dem här sakerna jobbiga!?!?

[@Allobosia]

Eller hur! Sjukt oskön kille...

[@henrikl.w.4058]

de*

[@arwenitaofdoom9041]

Håller med 😂

[@miguelgz22]

Allobosia aa javet!!

[@jellycat533]

Taco bröd

[@YoursTrulyMcGouly]

The guy comes of as a jerk, she seams nice tho

[@mockupguy3577]

There’s no international standard for how to use quotation marks and practice vary wildly between languages.

[@Nicoleoguchi]

I’m Danish and we do the same. The counting starting With your thumb, also the weeks Thing.

[@Dwaarfius]

I'm just now realizing how much we work with clanedar weeks in Sweden. I think every single workplace go by weeks normally.

[@softamornings]

Week number is super useful for when a group is planning a number of events together. It’s so much faster and everybody instantly knows witch week you are talking about.

[@EvanThomas]

that is true

[@trezspre]

in sweden we dont have anything else then " "... or is it `` ´´ idk feels the same

[@emillarsson3896]

It's ". But when using typographic quotation marks, you should always use the double nines - not sixes as portrayed in the video

[@henrikl.w.4058]

than*

[@josefinevuong8041]

@@henrikl.w.4058 then*

[@henrikl.w.4058]

@@josefinevuong8041 what will happen then?

[@hinhaale2501]

@@josefinevuong8041 : "Then" = 'Sedan/sen/efteråt'. He just pointed out you should have used "Than", with an 'a' - meaning "Än" (Den ena är bättre *än* den andra / One is better *than* the other. (⌒▽⌒) It may appear like only a miniscule type-o I guess but the meaning is vastly different so, better to learn the difference *than* continue making your sentences confusing. *Then* you'll be in the clear. :) (Vore det inte lite skumt om någon sa typ "jag gillar katter mer senare hundar" eller? :P )

[@Pitetjej]

First: I want to apologize for my english in this comment. My english grammar is far from perfect. And: I just want to say that I love this kind of videos! I love listening to other people´s reflections over things we do here that are so normal to us that we don´t think of them. It helps me seeing things from another perspective With that said; when it comes to the soft "taco-wrapper", I personally always say Tortilla ;-) ----------- I think the week number-thing can be traced back to school. The school year here are using the week numbers. For example: "We have an englishtest on Wednesday week 12" (that is in the middle of March). Spring semester is week 2-23 and fall semester is week 34-51. The sport break is week 8/9/10 (depending on where you live). The Easter break is week 14*. Autumn break is week 44. Summer break is week 24-33. Christmas break is week 52-01. Except *Easter, all the school breaks are the same weeks every year. I think that´s why it is easier to use weeks in school, and maybe that is why people continue with it even after graduation. I used only week numbers when I went to school. Didn´t even know what date it was ;-) But a few years after graduation I automatically changed to dates, and then I had no idea "what week it was" anymore. But... in 2015 I started working in a preschool kitchen, and after a while I realized my brain had changed over to "thinking in weeks" again. Because the school lunch-menu use week numbers. Also because I think it´s easier for the employer to plan for summer and all the vacations. "Week 27-30 is July" and that´s when almost all people have their vacation. In my profession, the preschools (childcare) are closed week 27-31 with only 1 preschool open/region. That means July to the beginning of August. The dates are really not so important in this case, because it always is whole weeks. They never start up again (or close) in the middle of a week. ----------- With the age, I usually say both my age and my year of birth. "35 år. Jag är 84:a". ("I´m 35 years. I´m an 84"). I think telling your birth year comes from telling what "age group" you belong to. Because, like, everything are divided by age groups (the people born same year). At least as long as you go to school. Like for example when school starts in August... The children starting 1st grade are 7 years old. BUT some kids in that class will still be 6. The ones who are born september to december. Because all children born the same year (january-december) are in the same class. The same goes for sports and other after school activities. You are in the same group as other kids born the same year. So I think much of the "birth year-thing" comes from this. And also, if I say, for example, in April "I´m 35. I´m an 84", that means I am 35 years old, but my birthday 2020 haven´t been yet, because 1984 is 36 years ago.

[@EvanThomas]

Thanks for watching :)

[@xXKittyDollXx]

I don’t know, I’m swedish but live in korea, and over here the age is a big thing culturally which makes it more reasonable to always mention what year you are born (+because the cultural age is two years more than actual international one). However, looking back to Sweden I think saying the birth year is quite related to school culture and how you often thought of people as ‘94ers’ or ‘89ers’ - kinda labeling them according to the line of people they hang out with in school. After graduating high school however, I noticed most people only use the birth year when talking to people who seem to be 5~ish years younger or older. Aka - people that used to attend school at around the same time as them.

[@min24434]

The week thing annoys the shit out of me as well. I sometimes ask my teacher about when an upcoming event and they respond with a week and I'm like what day is that?

[@kristinejensen682]

Omg so fun to wach. Im from Denmark and we do all the thing like You do in sweden 🤣

[@EvanThomas]

thanks for watching :)

[@krisnajdovski4022]

You two are the best, thanks for the witty, funny, great things you share about each other. And you still love each other, so nice... I was dying laughing listening to your lists...

[@flegmatisk]

Ärligt talat dock, jag har inte hört NÅGON säga "tacobröd"

[@EvanThomas]

really? I always hear people say it in Sweden.

[@flegmatisk]

@@EvanThomas Nah, can't say I have. I've heard a few put the suffix "bröd" after tortilla and such things, but never tacobröd. I can understand that a few does it, though, since the prefix "taco" is used on every friggin part of the taco on every fredagsmysbord ever

[@makombi32]

never really heard it either to be fair, it's usually "tortillabröd". But "tacobröd" still doesn't sound strange to me.

[@isaka3719]

Tacoskal? Mjuka tacoskal?

[@lovisanilsson6178]

Never heard of it, everyone I know says Tacoskal

[@nicholasbiddle7893]

She is so gorgeous Evan that you really should have just said there's nothing annoying about her and listed a bunch of things that you love about her that would have melted her heart

[@jayyyzeee6409]

Them: "How old are you?" Me: "I was born in the year of the Tiger." Them: "But, wait..." Me: "Bye!"

[@ShadowScoutSwede]

Thanks for an awesome video i basically laughed my ass off you guys are so fun . Great video nice job .

[@hglundahl]

9:18 In defense of Swedes : 1) our printed calendars add week numbers to the dates within a month. So, first Monday in January it is week 1 or week 2 beginning (week 2 I think, but I've been away long) and second Monday next week is marked above the dates and so on; 2) It is functional for employers, like their planning of who goes on vacation when or if all go to vacation together is based on the weeks.

[@hglundahl]

Still on 9:18, wrote a little guide to the thing: filolohika.blogspot.com/2019/12/calendars-in-sweden-and-in-austria.html

[@joannavandenbring1725]

But it doesn't make sense. It just makes Scandies unintelligible to other people. Plus it's a modern thing, people didn't use the weird week system until recently.

[@hglundahl]

@@joannavandenbring1725 _"It just makes Scandies unintelligible to other people."_ It doesn't occur to you, it is for use _in_ Scandinavia? While the week numbers system is indeed modern, something else isn't. And Sunday letters very much are related. January 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 is "a". January 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 is "b" January 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 is "c". January 4, 11, 18 and 25 is "d" - like February 1st and March 1st January 5, 12, 19 and 26 is "e" January 6, 13, 20 and 27 is "f" January 7, 14, 21 and 28 is "g" In leap years there is a two day span in February where both days have the same Sunday letter, meaning leap years have two different Sunday letters. A year's Sunday letter is the Sunday letter on which Sundays fall that year. Has always been used for calculation of Easter since perhaps as far back as Council of Nicaea, and it is international.

[@SandraBlomgren]

This is an American who can’t grasp different cultures. Your way is not the right way, it is just your way. The “mathproblem” we have with ages is a lot easier then the American way of measure length and weight.

[@johnnorthtribe]

1. I am looking at my swedish keyboard and I can't seriously find anything other than " and ¨ when it comes to quotes. 2. About the year someone is born. It is easier for me to relate to that person how much older or younger the person is compare to myself. But I would ofcourse answer my age if someone asked for it. Not the year I was born. 3. And finally weeks.. It starts already in school. Children, in Stockholm, are always free week 9 during winter and week 44 in authum. You also take out vacation in weeks during the summer. For example, week 28-30. Easier to remember than a date when planing for vacation with the family. I hope it clarify some.

[@Henrik_Holst]

US keyboards have the same single quote sign. You have to use either alt+numbers to type the stupid open+close quotes or use software that automatically converts them as you type.

[@kathleenfriborg6671]

Hahah love the video!! I was literally laughing out loud multiple times. I’m from Sweden too so I can really relate :P

[@Anna-cv5lk]

In spanish tortilla means omelet. For spanish speakers from Spain (Europe) is also kind of wierd to call it tortilla.

[@EvanThomas]

Really?

[@mbt2514]

Underbar diskussion mellan er! :))

[@Peron1-MC]

i mean mostly the quotation only looks different in some fonts. i dont even two kinds on my keyboard? "quotation"

[@emmaelinepihlmartinsen4857]

Norwegians also count on their fingers same as the swedes. We call tortilla as it’s orginally called. We also use week numbers to say when we are going to have summer vacation and we remember which weeks the Norwegian school system has christmas break, winter break and fall break. They are the same every year in the different regions of Norway. We do say how old we are like normal, but could the person asking would then normally be asking if we are born in like “94” og “95”. We do quotations just like the swedes.

[@catsquad9830]

Emma Eline Pihlstrøm I say “tacolefse” ikke “tortilla” for å være ærlig, however jeg kaller nachos for tortillas😂😂 “kjøp tortillas med salsa” if I want nachos with salsa and everyone knows what I mean😂

[@emmaelinepihlmartinsen4857]

Cat Squad haha, ja, i blant sier vi lompe eller lefse her også 😂 men ofte bare tortilla også 😅

[@natiiik_]

Your videos are amazing!You both seem very friendly.I love that you do some videos about Sweden.Because I love Sweden and Swedish very much.😍💕

[@EvanThomas]

thanks for watching!

[@charissejohnson-singh9627]

American living in Sweden here: I think the fact that Swedes respond with their year of birth rather than age stems from the school system. Knowing someone’s age is most relevant in grade school, because it guides when kids should start school and provides a reference for relating one stage of development to another. In Sweden, grade levels are based upon what year you’re born in rather than an age cutoff before the beginning of the school year in August/September. So everyone born in 1994 will all start first grade in 2000, regardless of whether they were 6 years old before the beginning of the school year. Since year of birth and grade level are pegged together in this system, when you’re in grade school and someone asks you how old you are, the more relevant response indicates what grade you’re in rather than your actual age. This way of responding to the question “how old are you” then becomes default and is carried into adulthood.

[@sab605]

I think Swedish people over all are the most beautiful people on the planet. With that being said, my Swedish daughter in law drives me crazy at times. When I ask for her vacation dates, week 45 to 47????????????????????? What does that even mean? We take her to a Mexican restaurant she tells the waiter she wants nothing spicy??? One waiter said "I'll give you water then". And the last thing, disagreeing with her is like arguing with city hall, you will never win. Great video, Peace!

[@AnnicaB]

That means vacation in... November :D 26 to 27 sounds like a nice summer holiday though :)

[@EattinThurs61]

We have calendars in sweden, with week number and day number, some tell also how many days left in the year. There is about 4 weeks in a month? This written in week 14 day 93.

[@FotoFokus]

Haha, en av de roligaste klippen jag sett! Så intressant hur man ser på saker olika!

[@mariannek6735]

I use the week thing sometimes because it's the easiest way to be able to figure out how long until the specific thing. So like if it's week 10 and you are going somewhere week 17 you don't even have to think about how long you'll have to wait until then, you know it's in 7 weeks, 17-10.

[@nicktankard1244]

Given that you are used to it. I am for example have no idea what week is it at any given time. I could estimate and it's easier around the 1 of january. But i'm more used to months. If my vacation is on 22st of may and today is 15th of february it gives me 3 months and 1 week. Super easy to calculate you just count in months and add/subtract some change in weeks. But i have no idea what week would it be and what week is it now.

[@rebeccalanzen8652]

Så underbart att hitta detta! Kram från gamla grannar

[@EvanThomas]

tack Rebecca!

[@juliarosen4394]

Heeeeej! Hoppas ni mår bra

[@Frost_Proto12]

Americans cant Cook so they overload everything with pepper lol

[@u010602]

better to overload with pepper instead of salt or sugar or fat.

[@aurigaable]

You're entertaining and funny to watch! Nice that I came across your channel. I can relate to a lot of things since I live outside of my home country and am married to "another foreigner" (sorry no nines and sixes). I come from Finland and I think we have a fair bit of similar traits with our beloved Swedes so listening to the differences was fascinating. Have a great day and hope you're doing well during these crazy times. All the best from Ina

[@mockupguy3577]

Jag har aldrig hört ”takobröd”. Men det är DEFINITIVT en sorts bröd. Basta!

[@naturalskincarebykate6048]

I also live in Sweden and I cannot really get those weeks counts. When I am on business meeting and sometimes is asking me if we can have this meeting in week 34, I am like... yyy let me check my calendar and go back to you, but I am actually checking where the heck is week 34.. :D

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

As a European I can relate to the fingers counting things. Also my hand is not used to do 3 like you guys, it's not natural and it's very uncomfortable. 🖐🏻

[@afcgeo882]

The perfect French with Dylane If you use logic, then “1” should be the thumb in Europe.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

@@afcgeo882 That's what I said in my comment. All Europeans count the same, we use our thumb as number 1.

[@afcgeo882]

The perfect French with Dylane 1. When you want one of something, you don’t stick your thumb out. Even though it’s “1”. By logic you should. 2. I’m European and I’ve never counted that way. Don’t speak for everyone.

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

@@afcgeo882 Omg you are one of those. Well I am yet to meet a European who doesn't count like this. Good talk George. 👋🏻

[@jackpippenstock1104]

Evan, interesting video. You don't know me from Adam true, but if these are all of your girlfriend's habits that you find annoying, you are one lucky man who has nothing to complain about. Every one of the behaviors you mentioned are usually considered purely cultural differences between America and Sweden and not her "personal" habits. I have lived in many countries. In my travels, I have found that each culture requires some personal attitude tolerance adjustment on my part. If I accept them (you know, when in Rome...), I have fewer issues while still noticing the differences. If I resist them (and sometimes I have), I just make my life more difficult. For me, those cultural differences are the "spice" of traveling; to get to know how other humans relate according to their view of the world. I've learned that one always has the choice of perceiving a cultural difference as "annoying" or one may choose to embrace them as endearing traits. After all, they are what makes Swedes from Sweden different than American Swedes from Minnesota. ;) Just finding someone who wants to go through life with you is itself an achievement. My advice? Enjoy the journey. All the best to you both. Much health, love, and happiness.

[@chalphon4907]

Wow, you can almost see her brain questioning why she is with that guy...

[@eyalerlich5185]

It's all a joke...

[@mockupguy3577]

I absolutely LOVE week numbers. Many things happens the same week every year but the date varies. You KNOW that is is Sport break week 14 and now it is week 6 so it is 7 weeks away (49 days). Or my project is due week 20, I immediately see the project plan, week by week, in my head.

[@kissekott]

This video was fun to watch. I'm swedish too, but I do not say the year I was born if someone asks me about my age. Also I don't ever keep track on the week numbers. 😂

[@mackmaster100]

I think a lot of us swedens ask about the year we were born because we want to know what schoolyear they went to high school or graduated for example. This is in order to see if the person is older or younger than yourself. I think a lot of american classrooms have mixed aged groups which is quite uncommon in Sweden, thereby makes it more relevant.

[@Silverstarfanmsp]

In German you quote this way „ ... “

[@evap.8666]

The same in Czech :-D

[@olgamiele4311]

The same in Russian:)

[@moaenglundflodstrom8634]

If you ask someone in college how old they are, you don't actually care about the age, you want to know if the person is a freshman or sophomore or whatever right? A person that is 19 can be either a freshman and a sophomore? Getting the info on what year a person is born in Sweden will immediately let you know - what class or school year the person is in, what class mates the person might have - what sports team/level the person is in, what team mates the person might have - what people the person used to hang with as a kid - if you are older or younger than the person, "we're both 25 but I was born in 1994 and you in 1995 so I'm older than you are".

[@wictoriaojheden]

I'm Swedish and i don't say Tacobread it's a Tortilla , i think i do both when i count, quotation mark isn't that " and that " ?, no when someone ask you how old you are you respond with your age not the year you are born and if you are closer to having your birthday then you say your current age and that your birthday is in 2 weeks, I agree Swedes are a bit plain when it comes to food, unless you are somewhat well traveled you like spices but your girl friend seem to be a bit meek, and when you say pepper you say what kind of pepper, and we don't say week number 32 or ... we do say July the 12th and that is week 32... and you need to relax, everyone in Sweden know that the industrial holiday is in July or from midsummer to July .... and if you don't know that the year has 52 weeks and if someone tells you they have holiday week 32 you should know it is in the summer, i mean how hard is it to half the number of weeks in a year.

[@jamieturner7192]

Haha... great video. I think it’s fun to celebrate the differences in other cultures. Swedes have some great cultural differences that are worth embracing.

[@EvanThomas]

thanks for watching Jamie

[@sandranorum6125]

I’m Swedish and I’ve actually never heard anyone refer to tortillas as taco-bröd. Maybe it’s like a regional difference(?) Completely agree about the spice thing... for example, if you get food at a restaurant in Sweden, even if it says spicy on the menu it’ll never be spicy. And the week number thing is annoying af. 😅

[@LINSENT]

What everybody says taco-bröd

[@rainsara2795]

I live in Stockholm and I've never heard anyone not say Tacobröd

[@kayalogue]

I feel you on the spice thing, Evan, 100%! My own family thinks almost everything is (too) spicy, when I don't feel any spice at all. But we're all different! :D

[@KniceKnafs]

Dude if you're fed-up with your gorgeous swede, throw her my way. Your griping over superficial/shallow things is more annoying than the 10 you mentioned.

[@annefosli7044]

Being Norwegian, I think a major reason why we often use birth year instead of age, is because we start doing so while going to school. In Norway (and Scandinavia in general I think) your grade in school is determined by the calendar year you were born. While in the US, you have cut-off dates and it essentially goes by age of when the school year starts so the year you were born in doesn't identify your grade. Just a thought as it is something I've noticed as well.

[@nicolasmartinez7741]

Haha I thought instantly of that very scene of... "Inglorious Basterds" ;)

[@syntaxerror8955]

I hate the week numbering system just as much as Evan, and I'm a Swede. And she should learn what that Mexican food is called in English. Beyond that, I don't know what the "annoying" is all about. They are simply cultural differences. Does Evan even know that for example in Germany, one places the opening quotation mark BELOW the textline of the quote? Or that in Spain, they use upside-down question marks?

[@janedoe878]

Amazed you can be annoyed at that many things and still .. like someone.

[@cloudvalkar]

it's like saying "my vacation is from day 246 to 261"

[@stebberg]

A few comments here: 1. I would never say my birth year when asked how old I am, that's just strange... 2. I hate week numbers, that is something they use in school to keep track of like the winter holiday but I have never used it in my work, sounds kind of old. 3. About the quotes " - isn't that up to the application you use, in Ms Word for instance it does the 66 and 99 for you but not in Noterad or your Android phone. I mean we only have 1 key for it on the keyboard (shift+2). Or do you maybe mean when you hand write? My god, would never draw small 66 and 99 then 😂 Very funny and interesting to hear you say these things, especially that count to 5 thing. I always start with the thumb, NEVER thought of anything else but now I will always think of it 😜 thanks and a happy new year to you guys.

[@t0tta]

Du och jag Stefan... Du och jag... Hahaha

[@tjriz91]

My first thought when you brought up the second one was the scene from Inglorious Basterds, and then you played the clip. Well done lol.

[@PotatoPI]

Jag är inte ens svensk (invandrare) och han gjorde mig såå irriterad!

[@Gullenore]

Igenkännande video. Tacobröd är ett bra ord, då de används för att lägga tillbehören i när man äter tacos. Det vore kul att se fler videos där ni säger vad ni gillar och tycker mindre om med den svenska respektive den amerikanska kulturen!

[@StephenRinggold]

I think in cross cultural communication "time" (birthdates, vacation times) can be perplexing as the traveler accommodates the changing culture.

[@RonicVll]

I (as many other swedes) tend to use week number a lot at work. The best usage of it is when you need to plan something but not certain about the exakt date. For example: It is week 14 and l am going to produce a product, for a client, that will take roughly 6 weeks to produce. So I will tell the client that the product will be finished at some point during week 20.

[@hanskonings248]

If you live in Sweden . Just exept it, here in the netherlands its almost the same

[@KevinUchihaOG]

If you count you start by the thump, so you can count from one side to the other then repeat. If you just display the number to someone then you "start" by the index finger, but you dont actually start anywhere because you display all fingers at the same time.

[@EyelessEntity]

I'm Swedish and I've never called tortilla anything other than tortilla! 😂

[@EvanThomas]

do you live in Gothenburg?

[@johnnyrosenberg9522]

The rules for writing are different in different countries. Here we use the same quotation marks on both sides. The French put a space on front of question marks and exclamation marks. The Spanish put an upside down quotation mark right before a question and a regular one right after. About half of all countries in the world use a decimal comma, the other half use a decimal point. In German nouns always starts with a capital letter. It's not wrong, it's just different rules for different languages in different countries.

[@Adamskyize]

The taco-bread may have some relation to the concept of tunnbröd. But there is flatbread in English.

[@nicktankard1244]

tortilla is a type of flatbread but it's a specific type and it has a name. Same as pita or naan or laffa.

[@pear19l]

Cute video! I enjoyed it! ... Btw, it's "to rebut", not "to rebuttal"! "Rebuttal" is a noun. Keep up the good work, you two!

[@erik....]

A taco in my family is the crunchy U-shaped thing, and tortilla is the round flat "bread" (i'm swedish)

[@josefinjalmestal1771]

Å9å⁹På å

[@ananannanas]

Yes. Tortillas are the soft flatbread and taco is a taco shell (tacoskal) or a taco tub.

[@VTwin4Christ]

2:46 - Not sure what is on finger... But if you ever have a skin thing u want gone.... Take a can of air blaster that is used to clean keyboards (can of air) and the button of an ink pen. Place pen over skin area and press tight.... Spray can upside down into pin cap. This causes the liquid coldness to concentrate on that area and it kills all the surface cells. If someone goes to the duractour (yt filter)... They will charge you an arm/leg for chiro treatment.... When you can do it for about 2.99 US dollars. Good luck.

[@florortiz2798]

Tortillas are a variation of a flat bread... it’s also not fried

[@philipgranado]

It is fried lol

[@Henrik_Holst]

I think that you are confusing fried with deep fried ;)

[@Sean-tn5nv]

UK here. The "how old are you" 95 got me lol. Never heard that before haha. Her smile kills me, lucky man!

[@viking3690]

I find the boyfriend really annoying. American food is the worst food on the planet. So bland.

[@EvanThomas]

Not true!

[@nicolasmartinez7741]

You've never been to Norway it seems, "Viking" :D

[@TimothyOBrien1958]

Are you high?