I found a very good website with all the finnish slang words, a nice read for those of you who have nothing else better to do during the day or those that wanna impress their finnish mates in that trendy bar in downtown helsinki! !!
http://koti.mbnet.fi/joyhan/index.html
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Ha, you'll enjoy this: http://koti.mbnet.fi/joyhan/keitti.htm
"kitchen swedish" of the 19th century
The site is excellent, has a 3-generation slangi 1910/slangi 1950/slangi 1970/finnish dictionary among other things.
Some of the words are used still today, I can pretty well a 1960's, but modern kids=??? and my dad's 1920's streetspeak is about as bizarre as Estonian tv...
"kitchen swedish" of the 19th century
The site is excellent, has a 3-generation slangi 1910/slangi 1950/slangi 1970/finnish dictionary among other things.
Some of the words are used still today, I can pretty well a 1960's, but modern kids=??? and my dad's 1920's streetspeak is about as bizarre as Estonian tv...
Cheers, Hank W.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
Now test it out! The helsinki transport planner has been localised to stadislangi...
http://aikataulut.ytv.fi/reittiopas/slangi/
--fry
http://aikataulut.ytv.fi/reittiopas/slangi/
--fry
Miksi leivänpaahtimissa on asetus, jolla leivän saa palaneeksi korpuksi, ettei sitä kukaan syö?
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Re: Slangi
alcove, duffel, (coat)hanger...p19 wrote:What that word means?alkovi, duffeli, henkari, henkselit, limu, muki, panta, ruksi, tarakka, ämpäri...
Cheers, Hank W.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
henkkari - henkilökortti - Identification papers
henkselit - braces (hold up pants)
limu - soft drink
muki - mug
panta - collar eg for a dog
..next person's turn.
If you can't find it in the dictionary, use google and make an educated guess.
henkselit - braces (hold up pants)
limu - soft drink
muki - mug
panta - collar eg for a dog
..next person's turn.
If you can't find it in the dictionary, use google and make an educated guess.
Miksi leivänpaahtimissa on asetus, jolla leivän saa palaneeksi korpuksi, ettei sitä kukaan syö?
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Ruksi is a cross that looks like an X, a.k.a. "rasti". As everybody knows, you're supposed to use those - instead of "ticks"/"checks" - on Finnish questionnaires. The one that looks like a plus sign is called "risti". Those Veikkaus people have it all mixed up though.
What was the other one left? Oh yes, tarakka. That's a cargo rack (on a bicycle or moped).
What was the other one left? Oh yes, tarakka. That's a cargo rack (on a bicycle or moped).
Ämpäri then...
...is just about the same as "sanko" = pail or bucket.
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here you see the importance of long and short letters!
henkari = hängare= coathanger
henkkari = henkilöllisyystodistus= ID
Portsari kysyy henkkarii ja ottaa palsan hengariin.
(the bouncer asks for the ID and hangs(takes) the overcoat into the hanger)
henkari = hängare= coathanger
henkkari = henkilöllisyystodistus= ID
Portsari kysyy henkkarii ja ottaa palsan hengariin.
(the bouncer asks for the ID and hangs(takes) the overcoat into the hanger)
Cheers, Hank W.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.