| The One |
The Other |
The Difference |
kyssa
kiss |
kissa
pee |
One you can't do on your mission, the other everyone's gotta do. |
använda
use |
omvända
convert (to the gospel) |
You're doing what to the toilet? |
dörr
door |
dåre
idiot, lunatic |
Don't be like the missionary who bore testimony of going from `idiot to idiot'. |
sopa
sweep |
soppa
soup |
Most missionaries are more acquainted with the latter than the former. |
Den Helige Anden
The Holy Ghost |
Den Heliga Anden
The Holy Duck |
You've got to accent "anden" right. |
utesluten
excommunicated |
utsliten
worn out |
If you ever feel worn out from your calling, it could be worse. |
syn
vision |
synd
sin |
You said prophets have lots of what? |
andan
breath |
anden
spirit |
An elder said he lost his spirit running up a stairway. Wonder how he made it to the top. |
kräm
cream |
kram
hug |
The former you can have on your mission; the latter only from your comp. |
glida
slide |
slida
look it up |
Any elder that served from 1991 to 1994 knows the background to this one. |
Gävle
Gävle |
dj*vla
ditto |
The former is an important city in the Church's history in Sweden. The latter you had better not say, and never call a Swede's children cute little devils. |
saker
things |
socker
sugar |
Many an elder has testified about sugar. "Dessa socker vi har delat..." |
glass
ice cream |
glas
glass |
Know what you're asking for at the kiosk. |
ful
ugly |
full
drunk |
Neither one means "I'm full" as we know it in English, but hope you say the former and not the latter. |
