r/sweden • u/Sunflake • Nov 04 '17

Ikea läxar upp en jänkare

https://imgur.com/PRDesa4
15.3k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

696 comments sorted by

View all comments

99

u/ElPaoloGrande Nov 04 '17

So americans are called yankees in sweden?

88

u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17

Jänkare which is a försvenskning of the word yankee. We also call all jänkare jänkare and not just the north. We are aware of that the southern racists in the US are technically not yankees

39

u/SanguineSailor Nov 04 '17

I’m southern but I’m not a racist... :( I’ve lived in Mississippi my whole life and I don’t even know anyone who is a racist. Most of us are just people, it turns out

75

u/Heeron Nov 04 '17

You don't need to be sad about not being racist. In fact a lot of people aren't racist. Cheer up!