Hääyöaie is funny little finnish word with almost all vowels meaning: intention to have a wedding night.

hää = wedding
yö = night
aie = intention

It's a common joke to dare an english-speaking person to pronounce the aforementioned word. The resulting yodling is thigh-slappingly funny.

Personally I like "yöhyökkäysaikeet" (night attack plans) more myself. Unquestionably my favorite Finnish word is sahatavarasatama - and epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäkäänköhän is pretty cool, too!

Both "hääyöaie" and "yöhyökkäysaikeet" is a nice example of complexity of Finnish diphthongs, though =)

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