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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
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    Paul S. Person  wrote:   
      
   > >Stieg Larsson. And the Millenium Trilogy. No, I've tried to read them   
   > >but I couldn't stand them. Again, it may be the language. I just don't   
   > >think swedish is a good language in written form :)   
   >   
   > They were quite readable in English (Kindle editions, if that   
   > matters).   
      
   Hehe, that would be something - reading swedish books translated to   
   English just because I dislike the language in written form. I may try   
   that sometime :)   
      
   > Although the failure to translate "tunnelbana" (which I may have   
   > misspelled) was confusing. Since they used "cheque" instead of   
   > "check", I would have expected "Underground" rather than "subway", but   
   > leaving it in Swedish was ... strange. Note that I figured out what it   
   > was in context and from having seen the films.   
      
   Haha, yeah that's weird.   
      
      
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