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16 Jun 2014, 5:06 am

The guy who shot John Lennon? Why should he be?


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16 Jun 2014, 6:09 am

Am I the only person in the world who didn't know who John Lennon was when I was told he had been killed?


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16 Jun 2014, 7:42 am

Why do hot dogs come in packages of 10, but hot dog buns come in packages of 8?



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16 Jun 2014, 8:39 am

Wasn't John Lennon notorious for beating his wife?


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17 Jun 2014, 4:40 am

Juoksentelisinkohankaan?



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17 Jun 2014, 4:43 am

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Juoksentelisinkohankaan?


Did that last post go through a blender?


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17 Jun 2014, 9:20 am

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Juoksentelisinkohankaan?


Perfect! No copy-paste, eh?


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17 Jun 2014, 10:34 am

Are you sure that you are not referring to Paul McCartney, Krabo?

You did know, didn't you, that Linda McCartney told a number of their friends that he hit her?


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17 Jun 2014, 2:38 pm

KyleTheGhost wrote:
Moomingirl wrote:
Juoksentelisinkohankaan?


Did that last post go through a blender?

:lol:

Don't you know that is Finnish?

@Krabo - do you realise than spelling is the hardest part? So many double letters, but not always where I think they should be. :?


Edit - Kyle, do you know I had trouble quoting you, as your ghostly text did not show up in the quote box? I had to 'recolour' it so it would show up. 8)



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17 Jun 2014, 3:40 pm

Don't you know that spirit-writing is supposed to fade?


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18 Jun 2014, 12:16 am

Sylkat wrote:
Are you sure that you are not referring to Paul McCartney, Krabo?

You did know, didn't you, that Linda McCartney told a number of their friends that he hit her?


Now that you took it up, I'm not sure. However, if you google something like "John Lennon beat his wife," you find this,

http://listverse.com/2012/05/12/top-10- ... hn-lennon/


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18 Jun 2014, 12:32 am

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Juoksentelisinkohankaan?


A few words on this, if you don't mind. This single word is a complicated verb form in Finnish, which is untranslatable into any language, not even Estonian. The verb behind it is juosta, i.e. "to run". Finnish is extremely versatile in that you can add suffixes at will and you always grind out something grammatically meaningful (not necessarily meaningful in the proper sense of the word).

The word is untranslatable but, of course, it can be explained. It is a question about running where the speaker is doubting their own motives, whether they should be running around or not. Implied is uncertainty if it is a good idea at all.

The letter n in the middle makes the word refer to the first person singular. If it is replaced with t you get second person singular, "Juoksentelisitkohankaan?" but now the meaning is slightly different. In this case the speaker is taking into account the possibility that the other person whom he is referring to, might be lying about their willingness to run around.

There is no limit on the number of suffixes you can add, but the more there are, the more obscure is their function. There are similar features in certain Native American languages, albeit they are not related to Finnish in any manner.


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18 Jun 2014, 2:42 am

^ Thank you very much for the in depth explanation Krabo. I have printed it off and will keep it in my Finnish file. One day I hope to use such words easily. For now I shall just memorise them. 8)



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18 Jun 2014, 3:42 am

^ I suggest you visit Helsinki some summer afternoon, choose a pleasant-looking park, sit on a bench, and start waiting for local inhabitants carrying white plastic bags. -- They will offer you a drink from their bag and eventually they will ask if you went to the nearest liquor store on their behalf. (If you're drunk, you get no service there.) Then you just say this word you memorized. :wink:


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18 Jun 2014, 4:34 am

Moomingirl wrote:
KyleTheGhost wrote:
Moomingirl wrote:
Juoksentelisinkohankaan?


Did that last post go through a blender?

:lol:

Don't you know that is Finnish?

@Krabo - do you realise than spelling is the hardest part? So many double letters, but not always where I think they should be. :?


Edit - Kyle, do you know I had trouble quoting you, as your ghostly text did not show up in the quote box? I had to 'recolour' it so it would show up. 8)


That was Finnish? What does it mean?

Then it truly is ghostly text, isn't it?


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18 Jun 2014, 7:18 am

KyleTheGhost wrote:
That was Finnish? What does it mean?


You mean you missed my explanation? :roll:


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