This message is from: "Anneli Sundkvist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ruthie wrote: >>Well, I learned what "basta" is not a bath!>> To make things even more complicated: "basta" actually means to use the sauna. But in this particular case, the word should have been bästa (ba:sta) but the dots over the a was gone. So...basta has something to do with the sauna (bastu in Swedish) but bästa/ba:sta has something to do with the best (bäst/ba:st in Swedish). Regards Anneli ********************************************** Anneli Sundkvist Dept. of Archaeology & Ancient History St Eriks Torg 5 753 10 Uppsala +46-18-4712082
