My friend in Malmö, Sweden, says this has become a popular colloquialism:

[marmar]

"Teabag galen"

Translation: "Teabag crazy"

............

You see, America might not dominate the world anymore, but at least we can still amuse it.

[YOY]

1. Not "galen" but "galet"? I have never heard the word "galet"...

Their complete ignorance to simple political science definitions does astound.

So does the MSMs inability to correct them with non-biased reporting.

[marmar]

6. I went back and checked his email again.....It is indeed galen

My bad.....I corrected it.

[whathehell]

17. THANK you!

[CJvR]

19. Actually...

"Teabag galen" = "Teabag crazy" and "Teabag galet" = "Teabag wrong" are both OK in Swedish.

You could say "Det är inte bara galet, det är teabag galet" = "It is not just wrong, it is teabag wrong".

"Galet" roughly means wrong with a hint of insanity in that context, you could translate it as either wrong or crazy.

[pinboy3niner]

2. LOL!

Some of the UK media, too, have been merciless in their reviews of the teabaggers (especially Sarah Palin).

[whathehell]

23. I bet..

We're a favorite punching bag over there, and although I agree with a number of their criticisms, the fact is, most have NEVER been here (more Americans visit Europe than the other way around, despite the snark about our being the "land of no passports")...

They don't need passports anymore to visit countries in Western Europe and they are, after all, a hell of a lot closer to those other "diverse cultures" than we are so it's much cheaper and less time consuming for them to visit.

And Americans, I think, suffer in more ways than one on hearing very little about Europe from the M$M.

Many Americans are unaware, not only of their (generally)more citizen-friendly "systems"...They are also unaware of their "problems"....Europe has it's share of "xenophobia" and bigotry...Witness Sarkozy throwing out the Gypsies....

I'm not sure about the rest of Europe, but the U.K also has it's share of right wing loonies, believe it or not, as witnessed by the recent near-arrival of Televangelist Bennie Hinn. He had LOTS of "appearances" scheduled, when the govt, for whatever reason, refused him entry.

In terms of the UK, again...Do you imagine them "correct" in their condescension toward our "culture" via our TV programs for instance...Go over to Amazon.U.K.com and see how MANY of our television series they watch and then buy...I think you'll be surprised.

[eShirl]

3. How is 'galen' pronounced?

I keep wanting to pronounce it as if it were French.

[marmar]

4. No clue......Scandinavian words written look nothing like what they sound like.

[CJvR]

11. Galen.

Ga - as in gas or gap.
Len - as in lend or length.

ps: Never heard the phrase by the way despite my proximity to Malmö.

[YOY]

8. "GAH-len" (see correspondence above.)

No sounds ommitted as in French. It is a close to English language (Germanic) with roughly a phonetic language with some strange exceptions. The Swedish melodic flutter "doo-DEE-doo-DEE-Doo-DEE-doo" is in affect.


Galen is "mad or insane" (Adjective). "Crazy" would be a better connection.
Galenskap is "madness".

Teabaggerna ar helt galen. (The tea baggers are completely insane.)

[CJvR]

12. Galenhet.

Never ever heard that word, galenskap is the word that you should use.

[YOY]

14. Booyakasha! Damn you're right...mebbe crossing my Swedish with my German or something?

Too many languages too seldom used in my mind...

[CJvR]

15. No mostly right.

You can tag -het on most adjectives, but "galen" isn't one of them.

[YOY]

16. At any rate feel free to laugh at this odd irony of languages:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9137068&mesg_id=9137270

[YOY]

18. or have it deleted for referencing vulgarity...obviously tantemount with agreeing with hatred...

obviously...

[druidity33]

20. fun while it lasted though... nt.

[YOY]

22. Shame that you can't even point out the stupidity of bigots through the use of language.

n.t.

[OneGrassRoot]

5. Niiiiiice....

Instead of "batshit crazy" I'm going to use "teabag crazy" now!

:applause:

[Dappleganger]

7. Was thinking the same thing...

it certainly fits!

[Loudmxr]

9. Remember Scandinavian language differences from north to south.

Sing songy. imperial, throat cancer. (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish)

[Lucy Goosey]

10. It's been used in question period in Canada's parliament, too.

I haven't heard it used by 'regular folks' on a regular basis, but an opposition Liberal Member of Parliament called the Conservative Prime Minister a "teapartier" in a debate over his anti-abortion supposedly maternal-health-focused foreign aid initiative. (I wish he'd said "teabagger", but I suppose he was being polite.)

I wrote him to tell him that the words "teapartier" and "teabagger" should be hurled at the Conservatives frequently during the next election campaign. :)

[hyphenate]

13. That's about all we can do!

It's easy to see where the wisdom of age comes shining through, like in a European country. Some of the western Europeans might have been the leaders in the world once upon a time, but they are still capable of enjoying their later years with the wisdom experience has taught them.

[Quantess]

21. Vansinnig dumbommarna!

[proteus_lives]

24. Hmm, isn't Malmo, Sweden the town where they're trying to drive all the Jews out?

[anthony040]

25. Only according to Michael Savage, Breitbart, Mark Steyn, Pat Robertson...

...and all the rest of the right-wing filth. Which, of course, has mobilized the Swedish far-right to vote for a nationalist party in Sunday's general election that only have one promise in their electoral platform: PUNISH MALMÖ for it's immigrant-related crime. Malmö could be in very dire straits for the next four years, and it's all thanks to the hate propaganda from FOX News, which started with this "story" in 2004:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Wyrxj7qvg

[marmar]

26. Yeah, everyone in Malmo is trying to drive the Jews out of town.......

Daft. :eyes:

[proteus_lives]

28. Just saying, no place is free of craziness.

[whathehell]

27. Let's see

how "amusing" their reich wing is.