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Re: Puhu suomea, speak finnish

Post by Upphew » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:59 pm

opinto wrote::thumbsup: Entä QomiQiilinen Venäjällä Soomilaisten pitäisi taistella säilyttämisen OogriQiilinen ja SaapbmiQiili
opinto, you should almost universally switch q to k when writing Finnish. I can't remember any Finnish word with letter q.
Muistaako kukaan yhtään suomenkielistä sanaa, joka ei ole erisnimi ja jossa on kirjain q?


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Post by kalmisto » Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:11 pm

Upphew wrote:
opinto wrote::thumbsup: Entä QomiQiilinen Venäjällä Soomilaisten pitäisi taistella säilyttämisen OogriQiilinen ja SaapbmiQiili
opinto, you should almost universally switch q to k when writing Finnish. I can't remember any Finnish word with letter q.
Muistaako kukaan yhtään suomenkielistä sanaa, joka ei ole erisnimi ja jossa on kirjain q?
Opinto is doing it on purpose. He finds it funny. It is a never-ending joke.

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Post by jahasjahas » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:44 pm

Upphew wrote:Muistaako kukaan yhtään suomenkielistä sanaa, joka ei ole erisnimi ja jossa on kirjain q?
Nopealla haulla ainakin squash, tequila, becquerel, roquefort, quickstep ja quiche.

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Post by Jukka Aho » Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:13 pm

jahasjahas wrote:
Upphew wrote:Muistaako kukaan yhtään suomenkielistä sanaa, joka ei ole erisnimi ja jossa on kirjain q?
Nopealla haulla ainakin squash, tequila, becquerel, roquefort, quickstep ja quiche.
Kössi, tekila, bekkerelli, ro... ööh, no se juusto!, kviksteppi ja... mikä?
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Post by Upphew » Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:53 pm

Jukka Aho wrote:
jahasjahas wrote:
Upphew wrote:Muistaako kukaan yhtään suomenkielistä sanaa, joka ei ole erisnimi ja jossa on kirjain q?
Nopealla haulla ainakin squash, tequila, becquerel, roquefort, quickstep ja quiche.
ja... mikä?
Ranskalainen piirakka.
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Post by Jukka Aho » Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:54 pm

Upphew wrote:Ranskalainen piirakka.
Mmm...
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Re: Puhu suomea, speak finnish

Post by Rob A. » Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:26 am

Upphew wrote: Ranskalainen piirakka.
Well...FWIW, the Finnish wiki article doesn't attempt to translate this other than by its geographic origin...ranskalainen piirakka/ ranskalanien kinkkupiirakka....I think a better version might be ranskalainen/lothringenlainen munapiirakka..... To me the "signature" ingredient is the eggs.

And I guess not having a more direct translation ...kitse...???? .....probably means these pies have not penetrated Finnish culinary consciousness to the same degree as in, say, North America....:D

[Aside: the etymological origin of the word is the Germanic word for "cake"...Kueche/ Kuchen/ and all the other Germanic variations...]

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Post by Upphew » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:09 pm

Rob A. wrote:probably means these pies have not penetrated Finnish culinary consciousness to the same degree as in, say, North America....:D
Lihapiirakka, karjalanpiirakka and rahkapiirakka came to my mind when thinking about piirakka... and now I _want_ Kesämäen leipomon lihapiirakka, big one please.
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Post by AldenG » Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:31 pm

I prefer lihapasteijat to lihapiirakat. But only from the Central railway station.
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