My son is in high school and is going to be an exchange student in Sweden next year.

Our family background is Swedish. His first name is a typical American name, but his middle name is Swedish, and our last name is Swedish.

For example, John Sture Andersson.

Nobody calls him Sture in the US; people can’t pronounce it. But he has been asking Swedish people who he’s met (so far, as part of the exchange program process) to call him Sture.

Is that weird; if he asks people in Sweden to call him Sture, will Swedes make fun of him or think that his request is bizarre, since he is called John in the US? And is the name “Sture” a nice name?

Thanks.

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The original was posted on /r/sweden by /u/CraftAccomplished784 at 2024-03-27 13:08:14+00:00.

  • Dannebot@leddit.danmark.partyOPMBSvenska
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    8 months ago

    Obligatorium1 at 2024-03-27 16:20:14+00:00 ID: kwtga5i

    … But my argument is that there is no such thing as an “opinion of the general masses” in this issue, because it’s a politically divisive issue.

    Yankee isn’t a race, sir.

    I agree - because the entire concept of race as applied to humanity is pseudoscientific poppycock. “Yankoid” still sounds like some pretty nazi shit to me, though.

    • Dannebot@leddit.danmark.partyOPMBSvenska
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      8 months ago

      bobbylaserbones at 2024-03-27 16:22:43+00:00 ID: kwtgqtq

      When they stop bombing the rest of us and drag us into their wars for profit I’ll stop insulting then