fun fact, we have had the pant system since the 1890s. Of course its changed since then, but it was started already back then, so its ingrained in us for generations by now.
Yeah, I've been "snusing" on/off for about 30 years. Much rather use snus for nicotine than cigarettes that pesters people around you. I think you are right, I also know way more people who use snus rather than the cigarettes. My philosophy is that my nicotine intake shouldn't have to effect someone else.
Snus is very common in Sweden and has increased lately as many smokers has started snusa instead. Snus is a heavy form of tobacco usage. :) You get alot more nicotine in to the system when you snusar.
Historically, "vaska" refers to the process of washing or panning in contexts like mining or separating valuable materials from sediment. In Swedish, it’s commonly associated with vaska guld (panning for gold), where water is used to wash away less valuable material and leave behind gold or other valuable elements.
This is the correct meaning of the word. The vaska he talks about in the video is more of a slang expression, even if it is the same word in both spelling and pronounciation. This expression is most likely used by people who don't know the orignal meaning of the word.
fun fact: Snus is banned in the EU, except in Sweden. It's big in Finland too, so you can imagine how much the swedish towns on the border of Finland sells Snus to them.
About 25% in Sweden snusar. so it's quite common. The "panta" statistics from 2023 show that we "pantar" a total of over 2.7 billion cans and bottles - which corresponds to 258 packages per person. This means that we have now achieved a "pledge rate" of 88.5 percent.
You must have a really weird social circle. The real statistic is about 3% of people do it, so no it's absolutely not common. Even the tabacco companies who have motives for distorting the statistics to normalise it are nowhere near where you are with your claims.
@@danvernier198 I would guess it is a more regional statistic. Afaik it is much more common in the northern parts of Sweden compared to down south which combined with the lower population might make a statistic like that actually be real for specific towns/regions. I have not bothered checking but its a decent possibility.
@@danvernier198 "År 2022 uppgav 20 procent av männen och sju procent av kvinnorna att de snusar dagligen. Daglig snusanvändning har ökat bland unga de senaste åren, tydligast ökning ses bland kvinnor." - Folkhälsomyndigheten
@@danvernier198i dunno man. In the situations I've been in about half the people use snus. I don't personally, but it's WAY more oxmmon than 3%. I bet that 3% includes the full population, like kids and elderly people and stuff. I'm 20 and most people around me use it. I am in Norrland though so I guess the stereotype is we use it more.
I never thought about it before, but I guess Panta comes from pawn. Pantbank means Pawnshop. That you pay a bit extra (1 sek) for the drink to be incentivised to return the bottle to collect the pant.
Yes, it is also common to leave a "pant" if you borrow something, like in school you borrow a football and leave your wallet, id, key or something as "pant" which you will get back when you returnera the borrowed item.
To "panta" is really common in Sweden, people still throw cans and bottles in the trash when out though but often those are picked up by homeless/poor people as a sort of side income. I think the system originally came from Germany which has a very similar system called pfant. The important thing to keep in mind is that you pay the "pant" extra when you buy a drink, a 9kr 50cl drink bottle would cost you 10kr for example, it's like you're borrowing the can/bottle and pay a deposit that you then get back when you recycle it.
That lagom stems from "lag om" (where lag means team) is actually a myth. Lagom stems from lag (where lag means law). Lagom is the dative form of lag (law) - the meaning being according to the law or order ( of nature). I e lagom is something adhering to natures law. Much like the chinese philosofical term "tao" where there is balance between opposites ( between yin and yang).
Panta is also "to pawn" something. At a pawn-shop for example. From which the word "pant" probably comes from. You take the bottle and you leave money that you get back if you bring back the bottle. (Although not perfectly accurate)
Snus can be used when smoking is not socially acceptable like: Inside While playing football Around kids In the gym At a restaurant Around people with damaged lungs And yes, since it is tobacco, it gives the same kind of effect as smoking does, without hurting anyone around you.
Blåsväder is a great word to use when: Someone is being canceled, in fact, I would say that a lot of the time when someone says that someone is being called, this word would fit better. When a politician has been caught cheating and their job is in danger etc. When a neighbour has turned the entire neighbourhood against them and its getting famous When a company get famous for an eff up.
I'm just over 40, and I have used snus - i.e. "snusat" - since I was 16, I think. My dad have snusat (😄) for as long as I can remember. I think it's more usual for men to do it, but I'm not sure...
Snus is very common. Of course it’s not good for you, but it’s not nearly as harmful as smoking cigarettes. And you actually get less cavities. But it can stain your teeth depending on the brand, some have tobacco and nicotine and some without tobacco. And it doesn’t bother/harm people around you. You can use it wherever you want. Many people have gone from cigarettes to snus. I’ve started snusa when I was 16-17 years, and done it since. (44 now) When I started it wasn’t that common that girls did it. I got a lot of compliments from guys that I was cool when I put in a snus. So of course that played a role.
Snus is incredibly common here. Personally I don't use it cause ew, but if you're at a social gathering more than half the people will use it. If you're in a party situation someone will always a little dispenser (snusdosa) and offer you some. It's pretty gross. Just a nicotine pouch you shove up your lip and have it sit there for a while. Then the person usually spits it back into the dispenser. If you visit Swedish stores there's a huge selection of snus at the cashier desk. People mainly use it cause it's common and kind of the norm. You get offered it at parties and stuff and people start that way. Kinda like smoking. It's unfortunately extremely common with younger people. It's addicting due to the nicotine and the feeling of having it under your lip.
The vask thing you already saw in the Poesi för Fiskar sketch "Vaskduellen", no? It was something, or was atleast rumored to be, the children of the aristocracy and business elite did. You know, those obnoxious snobby "daddy pays" people you likely have living in London doing just about the same kind of things
@@roaringviking5693 Yeah I think the most likely thing is that it was an urban legend and then some people started doing it ironically, lika plankning and the like
I always pantar my bottles. You pay for the pant when you buy the bottle, if the bottle costs 1,5 EUR you pay 1,675 EUR in today's exchange rate and get 0,175 EUR back when you panta the bottle.
Personally, I don't know any grocery store where you can't "panta". And yes, snus is common. Nowadays, more common than smoking. I read that in 2022 6% of the swedish population are smoking on a daily basis, while 16% are using snus on a daily basis.
To ruin this, Partypooper = "tråkmåns, träbock, surpuppa, torris" etc. We have as well as English many expressions for things but most of them are slang or made up of multiple words as we tend to as some other languages also do. But my favorite one is smorgosbord (smörgåsbord in Swedish). Other words like "lagom". Lagom does exist in other languages like Norwegian, Danish etc. and kind of in Finnish - Sopiva. It exists in many languages but the meaning can differ a bit BUT smorgosbord does not differ a lot and everyone knows it. Smörgåsbord for the win. =)
Yes we will 'panta' most cans and bottles, feels weird not to! You get a pant receipt that you can use in the store you 'pantar' at. There are pant machines at most grocery stores. It's common to save your pant in bins or bags until you have enough to go panta, just like we do with recycling. Sometimes when you're out and about people will throw cans and bottles in the trash, but then typically less well of people will go around and collect them to get the pant.
Orka coming from the frase "jag orkar inte göra det" which means "I haven't energy to do that" and have been shortened to only "orka" or "orka göra det" where "göra det" means "do/doing that". The word "pantad" with a d at the end could also mean that someone is stupid.
The word for poison is funny though since it means poison or married depending on context and grammar. Jag är gift. I am married. Det är gift. It's poison.
In English "panta" is known as "Deposits" or "Deposit bottles". Not every country have that, but there is def. a name for it. Lagom can be closely translated to "Just right".
Deposits or deposit bottles are nouns, which in Swedish would be "pantflaskor", not "panta". Panta is a verb, like "to deposit", but that verb in English is used in a much wider sense, it's not just used for the action of putting the deposit bottles into the machine.
The pant is usually 20 cents EUR and you pay that extra amount for every can you buy. If the can is 1 euro then you pay 1 euro 20 cent. So yes you want that money back so you do it.
@@linagerrby7523 What alarms do you have? Im 36 and my phone has been my alarm for most of my life. That being said, I've used my phone set to English for a long time so Im not sure what they translate "snooze" to. Snusa is a low odds bet tough, yeah?
@@KungKokkos same, it´s on my phone. Hehe yes it´s not translated to snusa when set to Swedish unfortunately, not translated at all. My old timey radio clock has Swedish on all the buttons but the snooze one. I think we don´t use the word enough and I´ll do my best to use it more now, it´s a nice word. :)
What do you say Mert? Maybe Fika can become a loanword in English? Just like smorgasbord. Prilla. A portion of snus to put under your lip that you have kneaded yourself with usually two fingers directly from the can “snusdosan”. When the shit hits the fan you maybe end up in blåsväder.
Actually, "vaska" is quite an old word, meaning "to wash" (and both Swedish and English probably use the same old root word for that). I don't own a tv and I can't stand what has been purported to be "comedy" during the last 20 years, so VASKA in the context mentioned here is a new slang word.
Yea.. its alway nice to learn other countrys "expressions".. becuse if one understand.. one kind of get under the skin of those/get the same feeling for the same expression! However its fun to meet new friends.. and everyone seems to know "fika".. then I often introduce to them "påtår".. its related to fika and coffe we drink a lot of coffe in sweden.. soo "påtår" is kinda exclusive to coffe and its a refill of the coffecup! If anyone ask for tea.. they are presumily maniacs or brittish! One dont ask for tea in sweden one ask for a special blend!
I'm planning to make a video like this, I have big list of my favorite Swedish words. And most of them are favorites because they don't exist in English.
Snus is very very common while smoking tobacco really is on the way out. Snus is a strong tobacco product that gives you a strong nicotine buzz. Several times stronger than a cigarette in some cases. I do it myself and also enjoy the flavour of it. It also reduce hunger but it's not the best for the teeth to be honest.
2:20 Yeah, but this taboo (well...) against bragging in Scandinavia (and the UK) also makes it even more effective as a display of power and indenpendence when someone actually dares to really aggressively show of their assets.
Vaska was something done by the upper class in certain rich areas. Basically its buying 2 expensive bottles of something and you ask the bartender to poor one of them out. its an activity done by rich nepobabies that use their dads money, no one else really.
Interesting fact about "panta". Some modern street trashcans have a separate section for bottles and cans. This is an unspoken, but pragmatic solution to another phenomenon. Those who are broke, beggars, and so on, go from bin to bin, to find bottles to "panta". And by keeping them separate, those poor buggers won't have to dig through all sorts of gross trash.
Pant means deposit. When you buy a bottle of something with pant, you pay an extra fee which is the deposit, which you get back when you return it. This is called same or similar in other countries such as pfand in Germany.
Panta. When you buy a bottle or can of "content", if it's in the recyclable category you MUST pay an EXTRA fee to get the item. That fee is returned to you when you recycle it. It's a PAWN.
_Lagom_ is just the right amount of something. It could be "lagom varmt" - Just the exact right temperature outside. Not to hot, not to cold, its _lagom_ . It could be applied to food. "I want"lagom många köttbullar " - _I want just the right amount of meatballs_ But what the "right amount" is, is up to you, its built on your perception. Sure, we could share a perception of how many meatballs seems to be good enough, we could both have a pretty good understanding of how hot "to hot" is, but it is very individual, even if there is a sort of intangible understanding of this "imaginary" and perceptional amount 😄
"Pant" is kinda when you offer something in exchange. If I want to borrow something semi-expensive from you I could leave something in Pant as a way for you to be able to keep track of me or as a collateral. Like if my phone is out of battery and I need to call someone I could ask some random stranger if I could use their phone. But they have no reason to trust me and they'd be handing their phone out to some random stranger who could run away with it or I could just smash it on the ground. So I can offer my wallet, my ID, my car keys or something else in Pant. Kinda like a hostage but with items instead of people! We do a similar concept with bottles and cans, where we pay a little extra when we buy a can of Fanta but when we return that can and "Panta" it we get store credit as a reward.
I honestly think Harkla is a bit onomatopoetic, as when you clear your throat you kinda do it on an exhale, so a bit like when you say the letter H, followed by a weird sound as you clear some phlem from your throat.
Snus *is* Snuff.... The dry kind you sniff is called "luktsnus", but the Swedish variant is a more coarse and wet snuff. ... and, yes, very common in Sweden. It's banned in the EU outsude Sweden, but Swedish match have started to export "nicotine pouches" without tobacco, worldwide.
Pant is kind of a extra tax like vat that you pay in the store. If you buy a bottle of soda for 20 sek there will be a extra line of pant 1 sek on the recipe. So you need to pay 21 sek. In general the stores where you buy your grociers will have a machine to receive the bottles and pay back the pant money
also, lagom is not the perfect amount, it's just a good amount. it can also be used to describe un-countable things - e.g. lagom varmt means just the right temperature. It's not the perfect temperature, but it's the right one.
SNUS is very common here in Sweden, I'm 22 f and almost all men that I know are doing it; my boyfriend, my dad, my guy friends etc. but not uncommon for women since my aunt & girl best friend do snusa too. When me and my boyfriend were in highschool there was some kind of ritual in the first or second year of highschool (we were around 17) where one of our guy friends was given his first snus with them already addicted guys in our friend group in the bathroom and the newly introduced guy would almost always throw up and then we friends would celebrate him 😅 But it is very expensive to be addicted too, my boyfriend finishes one dosa (one jar/package of snus) every day which cost around 3-4£...
Löpsedel.. (Headlines..) Snusa.. (To dip or dipping is the formal word for it) Orka.. (to be bothered by) example.. Could you be bothered to take out the trash? I couldnt be bothered to get out of bed.
Regarding Vaska. I think you already did a reaction to "Poesi för fiskar" and their "Vaskduellen". There you have Vaska! 😀 Regarding snus. It's very common. A very large amount of people quits smoking with snus, while its not that bad for your health. You only get the nicotine, nor carbon monoxide or tar. Satistics say that 20% of the males in Sweden snusar and 7% of the female. But I think the numbers are going upwards.
The term "lagom" origins from back when Swedes lived in groups, or small societies and some houses were ment for sleep, some houses for storing food and one house for cooking and eating. This house were normally shaped as a round building with benches along the perimeter for sitting and eating. In the middle there was a fireplace. Anyway... The term "lag om" means since then that the amount of food served to each and everyone should be enough to serve "all around". Hence lag=team/everyone and om=old word for around.
That lagom stems from "lag om" (where lag means team) is actually a myth. Lagom stems from lag (where lag means law). Lagom is the dative form of lag (law) - the meaning being according to the law ( of nature). I e lagom is something adhering to natures law. Much like the chinese philosofical term "tao" where there is balance between opposites ( between yin and yang).
And one law of nature for this group was to survive. I.e. eat the right amount of food, for the benefit of all. Both myths and laws stems from surviving people. And laws are for the benefit of all, dont you think? I will therefore say that you are most likely correct in your answers. And maybe can you see the philosophical similarities between "tao" and "lagom" through the painted historical picture of a round house serving food, and give the myth some credit for being a part of crafting words. My thoughts are just my thoughts. I find them logical, wrong or right -who really knows.
I consider "vaska" to be a bit of an urban legend. I guess it has happened, or maybe it hasn't. But it's mostly something that's being talked about to imply that young rich kids are assh*les. The legend has it that a bunch of rich kids at some restaurant order a bottle of the most expensive Champagne they have, and then tell the waiter to pour it all into the sink. Maybe it's actually a thing, maybe not but I'd say it's more myth than reality. Snus has gone through quite the transformation during my lifetime. It's basically sold in two versions: the loose stuff where you take a pinch of it, carefully shape into a ball ald place under your upper lip, and then the bagged stuff where you just take a bag and put in yoour mouth, often but not always under your upper lip. I was a teenager in the 80s, and back then, snus was seen as a working class thing, the ones using it would be those frequently misbehaving guys sitting in the back of the class room with a reversed cap on their head. They would use the loose stuff, and they'd stick their used snus balls under their desk, just like some kids do with their chewing gum. They'd tell you that you were a sissy if you used the bagged stuff, and the loose stuff was the stuff that sold well. In the 90s came the quit smoking campaigns, and Snus was increasingly marketed as a way to quit smoking as the nikotine kick from snus is said to be very strong, but you don't inhale any toxic smoke. The bagged stuff was what was mostly marketed, new variants with various flavors were launched, and gradually you'd start seeing women use it, as well as people from all classes. Nowadays the loose stuff seems very rare.
I believe he is wrong about vaska. To vaska is simply to throw anything away that is still usable. The term has been used to denote when brats pour out champagne but that’s just one of the ways of using the word to describe when wasting something that still has a value.
How common is snus in sweden? Extremely lets just put it that way.Ok i just googled it. 20% om men do it and 7% of women do. Snus is nicotine so yea its instead of smoking. So alot of people start snusa in order to stop smoking because its not as bad to snus as to smoke. But it's still bad.
Didnt you watch that clip from _Poesi för fiskar_ where they started to compete against each other by "Vaska" different things, and at the end.... [SPOILER] He "vaskade" his own life...
Fika can occure at any time of day. I.e 9 in the morning, 3 in the afternoon etc. Every time you take a break with a drink and a bite to eat thats not one of the big meals it's fika.
Vaska is actually not originally what he said. It's actually a method to extract metal. Like what they did in the gold rush in rivers. I think it's called "sluicing". Or it simply means to wash. I would say vaska as his definition is a quite reason use of the word. If I'm wrong let me know.
Spoiled brats and ppeople who that they are better and richer than anyone else is usually the sort of people that would Vaska. Pay for two of something expensive and just not use the other one, and if someone wants to use it, intentionally waste it. And yes, it partially comes from the dislike of bragging, it became like this extreme form of bragging.
@Mert Swe. I must say and give you credd nfor getting the "ö " sound absolutly correct. Its seems that the avaerage person abroad get thi ssound wrong. I guess its ion wof the harder words to get wright. You tho, got vaery correct. I actually and genuilie (dont know if it is a word or if i just imaghine it now. but it sounds oki. Lik3e your channel alot. If you can, with subtitlesds i would lve ytou to watch "varan-TV. " its a humour group from lund, that also incklude the" f(in)famous" group "tyskarna från lund", bI like you channel alot, dont know if itrs you, my love for Scotland since the 1400 houndreds or whatever else. but anyhow her ewe are. still, like you r channel, keep up the good work. =) out of context: the countrys i love most in this godforaken rock is: Sweden, Canada, Ireland and Scotland (by6 far the coolset land on earth, yet. I love your accent or dialekt, your history with you continously pissing on britania, your music is incredible only in my oppinon irish are beating you. I and think that its lovely that you are taking such intrest in my little country of Sweden, the land of the re**ards and home of the s***id. whre "lagom i sjust a word and have n omeaning at all. apperantly. (Englidh isnt even my second language so srry for grammar and spelling, hope you to get my point either way)
