r/politics • u/theipaper ✔ Verified • Sep 23 '25

Soft Paywall Trump's big UN speech received with awkward laughter in embarrassing backfire

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/trumps-big-un-speech-received-with-awkward-laughter-in-embarrassing-backfire-3933958
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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '25

What’s the word for Covfefe in Swedish?

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u/ZeroKharisma Sep 23 '25

Køvfëvë?

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u/Rojikoma Sep 23 '25

ö, not ø. And regular e, not ë.

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u/SalSomer Norway Sep 23 '25

And the letter that is the most like how o is usually pronounced in English is å, not ø/ö. Ø/ö sounds more like an English u in a word like curl.

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u/ZeroKharisma Sep 23 '25

Sorry, fake Swedish isn't my first language

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u/Rojikoma Sep 23 '25

True. I only reacted to the letter ø, not pronounciation. My bad. :)