Neil Hardwick, Sat 15.12 Mtv3 @ 19.15

mCowboy · Post by **mCowboy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:33 pm

more the reason you should know...

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COBHC · Post by **COBHC** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:34 pm

this is why i asked because i'm sure it's on the moon and not in the moon. In the moon just sounds weird to me.

mCowboy · Post by **mCowboy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:39 pm

in Googlefight "in the moon" kicks "on the moon"'s ass 2320 - 65....

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?la ... he+moon%22

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:40 pm

You want to see how we learnt English - "weird" is not enough to describe

mCowboy · Post by **mCowboy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:46 pm

Hank W. wrote:You want to see how we learnt English - "weird" is not enough to describe

I think the word you're looking for is surreal...

Well Neil at al did a good job, since there bunch of foreigners on this forum claiming that they don't need to learn Finnish, since everyone in Finland speaks perfect English...

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:49 pm

Hei hei hei
Hei, minä olen Taavi.
Hei, minä olen Tero.
No mutta hei hei hei, missä on kissa?
Kissa on kuussa.

And the children are hei hei...

llewellyn · Post by **llewellyn** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:45 pm

Hank W. wrote:He actually started with an "English course for kids" programme...

I think Sammy, Cowboy and EP can answer:
"Hello, hello, hello. Where is the cat?"

Oh, I remember that - it was somehow such an exiting programme, even a bit scary for a small boy. Would be nice to see a rerun!

otyikondo · Post by **otyikondo** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:53 pm

WHAT was Neil doing on MTV at 7 this evening?

littlefrank · Post by **littlefrank** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:09 pm

Ok Eili's asleep now.

'In fact for the reason that it was such an effing obvious answer to anyone who knows a Finn'

Calm down Karhunkoski, I thought that it was the Finnish verbal equivalent of a masonic handshake, a way Finn's could recognise each other abroad.

Where is the cat?

The cat is on the mat.

No, the cat is in the moon.

If you're not Finnish of course like COBHC, you'd say, 'In the moon, what d'yer mean mate, the cat can't be 'in' the bloody moon, are you an effing nutter?.' Then the Finn thinks, 'Gosh! This must be another jolly silly Englishman that cannot speak his own language properly, I think I shall avoid this persons company.'

*'I'll rip that of the DVD as a present and you'll have Eili forever traumatised'*

Gosh! That would be jolly decent of you, I could listen to that while the dinosaur was 'in' my foot.

COBHC · Post by **COBHC** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:52 am

littlefrank wrote: If you're not Finnish of course like COBHC, you'd say, 'In the moon, what d'yer mean mate, the cat can't be 'in' the bloody moon, are you an effing nutter?.' Then the Finn thinks, 'Gosh! This must be another jolly silly Englishman that cannot speak his own language properly, I think I shall avoid this persons company.'

A few Finns have actually been a little confused when i've told them that phrases like "It don't matter"** "i didn't do nothing" and "i didn't say nothing" are bad english.

I finally translated it to them as "en sanonut ei mitään" and "en tehnyt ei mitään" and only then they realised how bad it was.

**Couldn't translate that one to Finnish and make it grammatically bad. So in the end i just said "it do not matter" and let them hear how bad it sounds.

Some might say i have a habit of deviating from the topic

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:03 am

llewellyn wrote: it was somehow such an exiting programme, even a bit scary for a small boy. Would be nice to see a rerun!

Oh, the witches were scary and the surreal elevator

If you go to Anttila sales bin and find "Kielipuoli Potilas" the "Hello Hello Hello" is there on it too... I bought the DVD just for that

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:05 am

COBHC wrote: this is why i asked because i'm sure it's on the moon and not in the moon. In the moon just sounds weird to me.

It is quite lunatic

Juha H. · Post by **Juha H.** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:05 am

Wasn't Neil one of the founding members of the world's nothernmost cricket club in Helsinki years ago? I remember him saying to that effect in the 70s or 80s.

No mention here though: http://www.crickethelsinki.com/

Perhaps here: http://www.cricketfinland.com/cgi-bin/b ... /Menu/News

llewellyn · Post by **llewellyn** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:59 pm

Hank W. wrote:Oh, the witches were scary and the surreal elevator If you go to Anttila sales bin and find "Kielipuoli Potilas" the "Hello Hello Hello" is there on it too... I bought the DVD just for that

There was also a kind of a corridor scene where they just kept ending up where-ever through the doors which was quite eerie too. Excellent to know that it's available! I haven't watched it since though there have been short clips every now and then on various tv shows.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:31 pm

llewellyn wrote: There was also a kind of a corridor scene where they just kept ending up where-ever through the doors which was quite eerie too.

And finding the pieces of the puzzle and thepictures on the wall becoming alive... The animations are quite monty pyhonesque... I don't know what was the exact target audience age, but at age 5, I was hiding behind the couch.

The witch and the wizard were really scary...

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