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There's an even worse tongue twister that goes "sju sjösjuka sjömän sköttes av sju sjuksköteskor på sjukhusskeppet i Shanghai" :)
Seven seasick seamen attended by seven nurses on the hospital ship in Shanghai?
Close! "Seven seasick seamen was attended by seven nurses on the hospital ship in Shanghai" ;)
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And what about sju skönsjungande sjuksköterskor skötte sjuttiosju sjösjuka sjömän på skeppet "Shanghai"?
You don't hear it more like hfwoo hfwooka hfwookhfateskor ? :) Sh doesn't sound close at all to me.
/ɧʉː/ /ɧʉ:ka/ /ˈɧʉːkˌɧøːtɛrskor/
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Here in Finland the local Swedish speakers say just ʃ (sh), which is much easier to pronounce, and in my opinion also to understand. But those speaking riksvenskan (Swedish Swedish) call it moominsvenskan.
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Sju sjuka... I think I'm done with learning Swedish. It was nice to meet you, guys. Bye.
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As a Biologist, I've had to learn how to say very difficult words, but I guess this is my limit... And to think that I also wanted to learn Finnish! haha
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Had you started to learn Finnish you would have been introduced to "ääliö älä lyö, ööliä läikkyy - don't hit me, you nitwit, you'll spill the beer"
Sju sjösjuka sjömän sjöng på skeppet Shangai, samtidigt som sju sjukt sköna sjuksköterskor skötte dem.
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That's the oldfashioned word for it. It's accepted, but it's not what the job is called today.
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Sjuksköterska is also a feminine word, but it's used for both men and women. (except in Finland, where they are both sjukskötare instead).
Sköterska is sometimes used as a synonym for sjuksköterska. It is used for male and female nurses. Skötare is only found at mental institutions and are orderlies or assistant nurses. I believe that it is also genderless in this context.
