Well, in the suburbs of Stockholm (Sweden), there are a lot of different nationalities and cultures because of (thanks to?) immigration. The kids that come from places far away from here (Middle East, whatever) naturally have a hard time mastering the language. The "problem" arises when Swedish kids hang out with these kids - the Swedish kids adopt the mangled grammar of the "new Swedish" kids. The end result is an entire generation that speak only in SMS-speak and mangled grammar. Of course this is something that's not at all unique to Sweden, but it's very noticable here, and as a self-proclaimed grammar Nazi, it bugs me. The problem is not at all as prevalent amongst adults, but these kids will eventually grow up to be adult too. Makes you wonder, will they learn to speak and write properly in time, or will this new, mangled Swedish become the "standard" language in a few decades?
This is not the issue at hand, though. Parent asked if people in other countries didn't master their own native tongue, as they (according to parent) do in America. on a large scale, I'd like to say that we Swedes know how to speak our language quite well, with a few exceptions. There's a rule in Swedish grammar that dictates how and when words are written as one (eg. fish store would be fishstore in Swedish). A surprising number of Swedes make the mistake of writing the words separate from each other. To someone who's aware of this rule, these mistakes are like a nail in the eye, you can't avoid seeing them, and when you do you just get annoyed by it.
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Well, in the suburbs of Stockholm (Sweden), there are a lot of different nationalities and cultures because of (thanks to?) immigration. The kids that come from places far away from here (Middle East, whatever) naturally have a hard time mastering the language. The "problem" arises when Swedish kids hang out with these kids - the Swedish kids adopt the mangled grammar of the "new Swedish" kids.
The end result is an entire generation that speak only in SMS-speak and mangled grammar.
Of course this is something that's not at all unique to Sweden, but it's very noticable here, and as a self-proclaimed grammar Nazi, it bugs me. The problem is not at all as prevalent amongst adults, but these kids will eventually grow up to be adult too. Makes you wonder, will they learn to speak and write properly in time, or will this new, mangled Swedish become the "standard" language in a few decades?
This is not the issue at hand, though. Parent asked if people in other countries didn't master their own native tongue, as they (according to parent) do in America.
on a large scale, I'd like to say that we Swedes know how to speak our language quite well, with a few exceptions. There's a rule in Swedish grammar that dictates how and when words are written as one (eg. fish store would be fishstore in Swedish). A surprising number of Swedes make the mistake of writing the words separate from each other. To someone who's aware of this rule, these mistakes are like a nail in the eye, you can't avoid seeing them, and when you do you just get annoyed by it.
*sigh*