The Other Middleton Girl

[caddyman]

I have just had an email from a Swedish friend of mine asking about the media interest in one Pippa Middleton, sister of the new Duchess of Cambridge. He is particularly amused by the fact that 'pippa' is the Swedish slang for 'shag'.

I thought you might be interested to know. That sound you hear is my knighthood going out the window.

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Comments

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

Hanging somehwere inbetween languages can be so much fun.

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

Talk about knowing enough Swedish to get your face slapped...

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

I'm sick of hearing about the fecking Middletons.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I can't say I disagree in general, but I thought this was amusing enough to repeat.

[littleonionz.livejournal.com]

So DJ Shaggy is known as DJ Pippa in Sweden? Not very street is it?

[jfs.livejournal.com]

Brings a whole new light to Pippa Longstocking ... my word.

[mingmerciless.livejournal.com]

Years ago, a friend mailed to tell me Buffy was Dutch slang for oral sex and asked if had discussed Buffy much when I was working in Amsterdam...

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Language is a minefield.

But at least you can bluff it when abroad by playing the foreigner card!