swedish and the "sh" sound

[cimorene]

the sound that swedish finns pronounce "sh", and which is spelled in a variety of ways (eg stj, sj, kj, sk), is pronounced really adorably by proper swedes, with a little whistly noise, sort of like a cross between a "h" and "s" and "w". 

here are some painfully grainy .wav files of lines from swedish songs to illustrate the cuteness for perhael (and anyone else who's interested).  my server, not yousendit.

"[de]n vackraste av själar" (the most beautiful of souls) - eva dahlgren, from "ängeln i rummet" (the angel in the room)
"vem tänder stjärnorna" (who kindles the stars) - eva dahlgren, from "vem tänder stjärnorna"
"hål i min kevlarsjäl" (hole in my kevlar soul) - kent, from "kevlarsjäl"
"ammunitionen tog slut" (the ammunition ran out) - kent, from "sundance kid"

Comments

[wax-jism.livejournal.com]

hm, maybe the swedish characters in the filenames. the quiet is inherent i think, although turning way up the volume in sound recorder and the system tray made them easily discernable for me.