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Swedish word of the day: Sugen

Swedish word of the day: Sugen

You know that sucking feeling when your body or mind really wants something? Well, the Swedes made a word for it! Sugen. Pronounced, according to your favourite anglo-something lifestyle magazine as [soohgen], but obviously, not really, as the Swedish long U sound...
A note on Swedish pronunciation

A note on Swedish pronunciation

Listen carefully. Your brain may trick you. We hear things that are not there, because we expect them, and we miss other sounds because they are unfamiliar to our ears. Swedes who speak English often pronounce ‘ice’ and ‘eyes’ the same, because the voiced s (‘eyes’)...