The Scandy languages like long sequences of consonants, and not just for reasons of coding non-Latin sounds with the Latin alphabet.
The SKS in Fisksätra, where I live, is a problem to many immigrants. But the place has a pet name in typical Stockholm style: Fiskis.
So a lot of people call it Fiskis-ätra.
As a Dane, I would say Fisk-sætra because Fisk is recognisable, not because I know what it means.
In Danish, we have a word "angstskrig" which makes foreigners cry out in anguish.
Hvis bare det var så simpelt.
Sammentrækningerne er dovenskab. Moder → Mor; Fader → Far; Amager → Amar
Interessant at 'a' ændre udtale i de to sidste eksempler.
Martin Rundkvist
René Seindal
Thomas Ivarsson