Swedish use of sex

Care for a short Swedish language lesson again…?

The word “sex” in Swedish means both the digit 6 and to have sex. That can cause some misunderstandings if you’re not quite awear of it.

For example if you want to buy 6 pieces of something, you can’t just say: – Jag vill ha sex. (I want to have sex).

Or could you…? Uhum…

Warning: If you decide to try this, you’re on your own, we can’t be held responsible for any smacks or other damages you get.

7 Comments on “Swedish use of sex”

Kasia

said:

Jag vill ha sex… – I gotta remember that.:lol:

April 25th, 2006 at 3:18 pm

Lifecruiser said:

Yes, Mandy, both is spelled sex.

Just remember our earlier post:
http://lifecruiser.org/odditys/2006/03/04/swedish-bad-language/

April 25th, 2006 at 7:32 pm

Mandy

said:

Oh there are some strange languages around. So is the Swedish word for 6 actually spelled like ‘sex’ or is it just how it’s pronounced?

There are some terrible Dutch words too, when translated to English mean something entirely different. I can hardly bear to say some of them in public LOL

April 25th, 2006 at 6:34 pm

carmen said:

I knew I’d like Sweeden! Ha ha.

April 25th, 2006 at 7:37 pm

Lifecruiser said:

Well, Sharlet, I guess it evolved from the latin: Sex is a latin counting word for 6, Sexus is gender (sex) in latin. So we just shortened it, we like to shorten words