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# Close-ish (tack så mycket)
'Tak' in Swedish means 'roof', so if you accidentally extend the a and say 'Tak' instead of 'Tack' you're saying 'Roof so much'.

I know someone who was learning Swedish and insisted 'Tack' was pronounced 'Tak' - to a native Swede. Oh, how we laughed at his folly, and indeed still do to this day in happy reminiscences.
(, Tue 15 Oct 2019, 0:29, archived)
# Swedish isn't real it was made up by Sesame Street and everyone knows that
(, Tue 15 Oct 2019, 17:30, archived)
# I try telling people it was made up for tourists but nobody believes me
(, Tue 15 Oct 2019, 18:14, archived)
# also, pinball
(, Tue 15 Oct 2019, 18:59, archived)