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- "Du är vacker i profil."
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To a German this doesn't sound horrible/insulting at all. In fact, most Germans will tell you which side they want photographed. We call it our Schokoladenseite - "chocolate side".
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It means only the former in Swedish. The latter would have to be expressed otherwise, like Du är vacker på din profilbild or something like that.
Does it mean, "you have a beautiful figure"? I've never heard profile used like this... and I've lived in 3 English speaking countries as well as being British myself. It seems very unnatural and almost insulting or maybe even creepy. I automatically assumed it was referencing an online profile, which would make it even more insulting. Lol
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Yes! I do - not sure if I'm mishearing it or if it's meant to sound like that or if it's a problem with the TTS. (It is May 2017 just now - in case that helps with which TTS version people are using). Any thoughts?
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So does this mean like a pose? I'm a native English speaker and didn't have a clue what this meant until reading these comments
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Yes, it's Din profil är vacker in Swedish. I think it works pretty much the same in both languages – if you put it that way, you run less risk of being rude. Unless you stress profil a little too much …