Helsinki Metro... in English

sinikettu · Post by **sinikettu** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:39 am

I found this amusing translation of the Stockholm Metro on the Swedish equivalent of this site.

http://www.thelocal.se/subway/map.html

Then I thought..Why not do one for Helsinki?
We have the advantage over th Swedes that we can translate from either the Finnish or the Swedish names.
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/hel/helsinki-map.gif
Some are quite easy...Grassy Bay...Ferry Island..but Pasila/Böle??

Give it a try..if we finish the Metro we can start then on the M Line.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... il_map.svg

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MagicJ · Post by **MagicJ** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:50 pm

It's been done, i nicked the image from here but don't have it anymore and can't find it by doing a search.
Someone will post it before the day is out.

Jukka Aho · Post by **Jukka Aho** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:53 pm

sinikettu wrote:I found this amusing translation of the Stockholm Metro [...] Then I thought..Why not do one for Helsinki?

Looks like someone has beat us to it:

See these two as well:

Hello, I come from Three Ass – pääkaupunkiseudulle ehdotetaan englanninkielisiä paikannimiä
Halinen = Little hug... ja 449 muuta paikannimeä kolmannella kotimaisella

MagicJ · Post by **MagicJ** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:57 pm

Edit: Someone will post it in the next 5 minutes.

Jukka Aho

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:20 pm

sinikettu wrote:Give it a try..if we finish the Metro we can start then on the M Line.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... il_map.svg

Okay... a suggestion for the M line... the stops from South to North:

Iron Way Square (Rautatientori)
Basilham
Atmosworth
Felt Bay
North Hague
Folkthingy Hill
Ore Mountain
Molest Heights
Old Hagby
St-Martin-in-the-Valley
Vandal Rapids

sinikettu · Post by **sinikettu** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:11 pm

sammy wrote:
Folkthingy Hill

Molest Heights

I love your translation of Kannelmäki

Lot better than Zither Hill..
Hank usualy refer to Myyrmäki as Ant Hill...but after his problems in the Myyrmani/Topari sausage queue he might have some less printable name for the area, similar to the local name for the hill you politely call Ore Mountain.
e.g. Paska Peaks. (OK I suppose "paska" has not yet joined "sauna" in the international dictionary..so...how about Turd Towers?)

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:38 pm

sinikettu wrote:.but after his problems in the Myyrmani/Topari sausage queue he might have some less printable name for the area

"the-place-where-your-ego-gets-bruised" in navaho

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:18 pm

Cape is a little tame for Hakaniemi. How about "Crotchet spit" instead?

sinikala · Post by **sinikala** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:45 pm

Malminkartano ... how do you get mountain out of that? Kartano = manor?

Martindale sounds ok, there is one in Cumbria.

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:13 pm

sinikala wrote:Malminkartano ... how do you get mountain out of that?

by piling
http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/2520802.jpg

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:53 pm

sinikala wrote:Malminkartano ... how do you get mountain out of that? Kartano = manor?

Oops - you're quite right; slip of the mind!

But Pursuivant's picture tells you what I was thinking of...

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:42 am

So how about the YSULE-trains.

Quadrupedalia
Dongoin
Seventh Stream
Churchmoor
Borin
Dowhat
Mattshire
Creation
Furthest Bay
Mundanus
Judges
Birch Court
Belleville
Withe
Avoirdupois
Mount Alder
Mick Town
Parish Hill
Foundry
....

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:53 am

Pursuivant wrote:So how about the YSULE-trains....

I had thought "Cattle" for Karjaa but yours is better

Others I had come up with that are different from yours were "Wairden" (Siuntio) and "Kirkmoor" (Kirkkonummi) and "Adlerwary" (Leppävaara) - failed to complete the set in time

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:02 pm

Kirkmoor is far better.... and how about on the same lines... Aldertor ... Siuntio then again could be Sextonton but I was following Sjunde Å

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:59 pm

OK, so the R-trains then...

Threshold
Goodytwoshoes
Rivers
Bloomberg
Streams
Sweatrock
Lakesend
Grudgestare
Withgallop
Claybed
Chavington
Cruckton
Birch Town
Sandy Ridge
Sticklers
Parking
Habituals
Sandy Heights*
Goat Hill
Flood Village*
Cones
...
(*=some ancient etymologies used... actually a "malm" as in Östermalm is a "hiekkaharju" vs. ore)

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