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0 pointsboxed5y ago0 comments

I'm a non-native English speaker and has heard it used many times. But since I'm Swedish it's also instantly understandable for me and so easier to remember maybe.

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sedeki5y ago· 2 in thread

I'm Swedish and have never seen nor heard "schtum" before.

Guess "keeping quiet" didn't come to the author's mind. /s

CRConrad5y ago

And it didn't sound the least bit familiar from any similar Swedish word...?

sedeki5y ago

Of course it does, given that there is a cognate Swedish word. I still have never seen "schtum" in English before. Maybe I'm just a schmuck.

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