Jag skrev en kommentar till ett inlägg i en blogg. Det var ett ytligt inlägg som handlade om att författaren inte ansträngt sig tillräckligt i sitt stylande de senaste åren och jada-jada. Det jag kommenterade var dock att hon som ursprungligen kommenterat kallat bloggaren för "real goth" och använt begreppet "electro goth" (som en engelsk synonym för "syntare", vilket det inte riktigt är eller i alla fall är en väldigt dålig synonym för). Och jag kommenterade, och tänkte att ni ska få ta del av mitt försvarstal för den svenska synten:
"Myself I don't care fore labels that much. There fun, I love subcultural-stuff and all that jazz but who's to say your goth or not (if you fit in at all that is)?
Anyway, I also don't care for the using of "electro goth" as a English synonym for the Swedish word "synt" and"syntare". There is really nothing "goth" about this subculture and I do get that it's in lack of a better word but can't we syntare keep to the Swedish word that doesn't really have a resemblance outside of Sweden and make it universal instead?
I also feel like the synt-scene in Sweden is quite different for other countries. It's more specific here around (and don't get mad, I'm not being an elitistic ass hole here, I'm just observing and stating an empirically formed fact in my own little bubble). It has a special feel to it. Especially the early 80's stuff from here around. Norwegian synt is also a special branch of the group that we can talk about in a more general and broad sense of the word "synt" or, well "electro goth".
I know I'm ranting a bit, and I guess my comment got a bit "off topic" but I hope you guys take it for what it is - a love-letter to our old Swedish synt-scene and everything utterly beautiful that was made in rooms and garages in this country a few decades ago! <3"
/Sarah
"Myself I don't care fore labels that much. There fun, I love subcultural-stuff and all that jazz but who's to say your goth or not (if you fit in at all that is)?
Anyway, I also don't care for the using of "electro goth" as a English synonym for the Swedish word "synt" and"syntare". There is really nothing "goth" about this subculture and I do get that it's in lack of a better word but can't we syntare keep to the Swedish word that doesn't really have a resemblance outside of Sweden and make it universal instead?
I also feel like the synt-scene in Sweden is quite different for other countries. It's more specific here around (and don't get mad, I'm not being an elitistic ass hole here, I'm just observing and stating an empirically formed fact in my own little bubble). It has a special feel to it. Especially the early 80's stuff from here around. Norwegian synt is also a special branch of the group that we can talk about in a more general and broad sense of the word "synt" or, well "electro goth".
I know I'm ranting a bit, and I guess my comment got a bit "off topic" but I hope you guys take it for what it is - a love-letter to our old Swedish synt-scene and everything utterly beautiful that was made in rooms and garages in this country a few decades ago! <3"
/Sarah