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tosdag

English translation: pretty sure its a typo

11:59 May 13, 2005
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Swedish term or phrase: tosdag
Det blev klart på tosdagskvällen
när Sverige spelade kvartsfinal.

Is this a typo or a colloquial form for "torsdag"?
Yuri Smirnov
Local time: 06:24
English translation:pretty sure its a typo
Explanation:
'tosdagskväll' gives no google hits

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Note added at 2005-05-13 12:03:31 (GMT)
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\'tosdagskvällen\' gives 23 apparently - but still most likely a typo
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David Shannon
Sweden
Local time: 05:24
Grading comment
Yes, it was last night. So, a typo and not a colloquialism? That helps. it's not for a client. Just learning Swedish. Great fun!
Tack så mycket!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4pretty sure its a typo
David Shannon
4Tuesday OR Thursday
Karin and Folke Nettelblad (Folia Textproduktion HB)


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
pretty sure its a typo


Explanation:
'tosdagskväll' gives no google hits

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Note added at 2005-05-13 12:03:31 (GMT)
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\'tosdagskvällen\' gives 23 apparently - but still most likely a typo

David Shannon
Sweden
Local time: 05:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Yes, it was last night. So, a typo and not a colloquialism? That helps. it's not for a client. Just learning Swedish. Great fun!
Tack så mycket!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kenneth Denmark: It must be a typo
3 mins
agree  hirselina: Of course it's a typo
4 mins
agree  Christine Andersen: It could be tisdag (Tuesday) just to confuse matters, (one of my "favourite typos...") but check the date on the calendar if you can.
9 mins
neutral  Karin and Folke Nettelblad (Folia Textproduktion HB): Could just as well be a typo for "tisdag"
10 mins
  -> but the quarter final was last night (i.e. thursday) - if its the ice hockey its referring to
agree  Tess Whitty
3 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Tuesday OR Thursday


Explanation:
It's a typo all right, but it could just as well mean "Tuesday" (tisdag). Remember that the 'o' key is an immediate neighbour of the 'i' key on your keyboard. So actually "tisdag" is just as probable as "torsdag". You have to ask the client to be sure.

Karin and Folke Nettelblad (Folia Textproduktion HB)
Sweden
Local time: 05:24
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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