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Yep, it's filled with the beauty of vowels sung through the nose and the wonderfully melodious sound of 'rrrrrrr' flowing through the snoring areas of the throat. 
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Poor silly humans. A temporarily stable pattern of matter and energy stumbles upon self-cognizance for a moment, and suddenly it thinks the whole universe was created for its benefit. -- mbelleroff -
Hang on, we've already had George VI, haven't we? He was the Queen's father! If Charlie changes to a George, he'll be VII won't he?The church is the only organisation that exists for the benefit of its non-members
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-One might hope so, but nothing seems certain these daysHang on, we've already had George VI, haven't we? He was the Queen's father! If Charlie changes to a George, he'll be VII won't he?
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I would guess "Tanska" was a "finlandization" of scandinavian "Dansk"(=danish)?Originally posted by Ade
Yep... and the reasons why some country names in Finnish sound quite esoteric are also found in history...
In fact, there are only 5 countries (Sweden/Ruotsi, Russia/Venäjä, Estonia/Viro, Germany/Saksa and Denmark/Tanska) that sound completely different in Finnish, and the reason is that those are the countries that we have had the longest contact with...
actually, norwegians(south east) speak the best danish, because the vocabulary is 90% identical and they haven't, as you put it, "just been to the dentist".Danish is spoken by Swedes who have just been at the dentist
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It's almost bizarre how different and yet so similar names of Finnish towns are in Swedish and Finnish.
Helsingfors - Helsinki
Tammerfors - Tampere
Uleåborg - Oulo
Ã…bo - Turku
Bjørneborg - Pori
Villmanstrand - Lappeenranta (d Villman and Lappeen mean the same thing?)
and so on
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Pori is probably directly from the word borg, meaning a castle, IIRC. "Turku" is a Finnish word meaning a wide open space (I think)... "Villman", eh, Lappeen, as in "of Lape", though one in Finnish does not say "Lape"... when something is "lappeellaan", it's on it's side...Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!Comment
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so it hasn't got anything to do with the Lapps then? you know, a Lapp being kind of a "Villman" (Wild man) Just my ignorant little theory
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is ja lappidarComment
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I thought Turku was named so due to a large number of Turks living thereComment
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Gangerolf, interesting idea, but not quite. Besides, Lappeenranta is situated in southeastern Finland and any reference to Lapland would be... strange.
Juggernaut,
Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!Comment
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Juggernaut, that'd be "Berlin-Spandau" not "Turku"
Apart from that, any idea why Finland is so pathetic? I mean there must be a reason.Comment
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Lappland = the home of lap-dancing.
Hungary = Unkari
Austria = Itävalta
Swizerland = Sveitsi
Greenland = Gröönlanti
Antarctica = Etelämanner (south continent)
Holland = Hollanti
Belarus = Valko-Venäjä
Russia = Venäjä
Soviet Union (SSSR) = Neuvostoliitto (SNTL)I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.Comment
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Actually, we do it in almost all cases. Think only of Heinrich VIII (Henry), Ludwig XIV (Louis), Maria Stuart (Mary Stuart), Peter I (Pjotr) and alike.Originally posted by Ecthelion
It is done, sometimes.Comment
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OK. then again, stranger things have happenedGangerolf, interesting idea, but not quite. Besides, Lappeenranta is situated in southeastern Finland and any reference to Lapland would be... strange.
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don't be so picky, landsmannComment
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