Things have been a little slow here lately, I know. I seem to find it more convenient to pester other people’s blogs with my comments than to write a post of my own. Old habits die hard, I guess. One of the reasons for the lack of posts is that I’ve had trouble deciding what to write about. Not that there isn’t anything interesting going on in the world, but since I just set this thing up, I haven’t quite figured out who it is I’m writing for. There’s lots of stuff going on in Sweden at the moment, but I figure there isn’t much point in writing about it in English. Unless the point is to explain Swedish affairs to a foreign audience, of course, but I reckon that would require including more background information to each topic, which would probably get tiresome after a while. This site is obviously not meant to be a news source, but a place where I can get some things off my mind.
So why am I writing in English at all then, you may wonder. Well, there are plenty of reasons for that, one being the fact that this is the language I speak at home. If you know me in person, you already know this, of course. I also have friends in other countries, as well as some foreign friends living in Sweden, with whom I hope to communicate through this weblog.
Anyway, I’ve started to think that perhaps I should keep one blog in English, for more universal topics, and one blog in Swedish, which would focus more on Sweden-related topics. I do read quite a few Swedish blogs regularly, and it would probably be a good idea to stop bothering them as much with my annoying comments and write some posts of my own on similar topics instead. I think I’ll give it a shot, and then I can evaluate later on whether to stick with both or to focus on one or the other. I don’t think it would be that good an idea to have a bilingual blog. I’ve seen a few out there, but it seems kind of annoying for some not to be able to understand all the posts. I’d rather do some occasional paralel posting instead.
So, you can expect some more regular posting here in the near future. And stay tuned for a link to my new Swedish blog!
Monica said,
April 3, 2006 at 0:17
1. Varför spikar du English hemma? Nu blev jag nyfiken.
2. “it would probably be a good idea to stop bothering them as much with my annoying comments”
No. Och de är inte annoying either. Säger du ider eller ajder förresten? Listig fråga va!
Pat said,
April 3, 2006 at 23:25
1. Den korta versionen är att jag och min sambo är av olika nationalitet. Vi träffades utomlands och talade engelska med varandra i några år innan vi fick för oss att flytta ihop i Sverige. Den långa versionen kanske blir ett inlägg i framtiden.
2 a) Tack. Jag hoppas ju inte det, men ibland känns det som att jag tränger mig på lite mycket bara för att jag tvångsmässigt velat säga något om något och inte haft min egen blogg att säga det på. Jag lär knappast kunna sluta med detta, men på min egen blogg kan jag utveckla tankegångarna lite mer utan att känna att jag kapar någon annans inlägg.
b) Tja…either or, skulle jag vilja säga. Jag tenderar att tala en form av “Mid-Atlantic English” med viss brittisk favör.