Does anyone know why the Gypsies in Thinner spoke swedish? As a scandinavian it's hard not to miss it. Gypsises dont speak swedish... Did King just randomly choose words from a random dictionary? And how did the publishers allow it?
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By me, for example, for the horrid Italian spoken by Balazar in the Dark Toweralthough there are still many things that he gets called out for not getting right
And as a Swede I've to say that while reading the novel in English, the Swedish parts was the only parts I couldn't understand at all...Does anyone know why the Gypsies in Thinner spoke swedish? As a scandinavian it's hard not to miss it. Gypsises dont speak swedish... Did King just randomly choose words from a random dictionary? And how did the publishers allow it?
Sorry - that gave me a tickleHe admits to being lazy in his research (none) when he did that. It's made him be more conscientious for other books--although there are still many things that he gets called out for not getting right, he tries his best to get the right translations when he uses a language other than English.
That's funny!And as a Swede I've to say that while reading the novel in English, the Swedish parts was the only parts I couldn't understand at all...
Swedish gypsies?
Oh wow - the Return of Kings is all about masculinity etc. - sorry - did not mean to offend anyone here - did not notice late last night what the whole site was aboutSwedish gypsies?
Immigrants Are Now Occupying Private Property In Sweden – Return Of Kings
This is from 2015, but it's kinda interesting