Finnish (idea)

Since I've often had to tell about my mother language (and culture I live in) to the English-speaking world, I've now decided to start to maintain a list of nodes that tell about about the Finnish language (and culture, in cases it collides with the language).

Feel free to /msg me nodes you'd like me to link from here.

See also Finland.

Generic nodes about the language

• Finnish alphabet
• Vowel harmony
• Finnish tongue twisters
• Finnish military jargon
• Finnish newspaper slang
• Finnish proverbs
• Finnish months
• Finnish swearwords and curses
• spoken Finnish
• Sounds: ŋ, y
• Orthography: umlaut
• finglish

Interesting words & phrases & expressions

• epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäkäänköhän - see longest word
• evvk
• hai
• hunsvotti
• hääyöaie
• juoksentelisinkohan
• kapusta
• kuusi
• maailma
• motti
• okra
• olla
• perkele!!!!! =)
• sahatavarasatama
• saippuakauppias
• solutomaattimittaamotulos
• talossa

• the book is on the table (nodeshell)
• kissa on pöydällä

• the longest multi-word palindrome in any language

Names & Things

• Mikko, Mikko Repolainen
• Jukka

Weird translations

• How plenty is the bell?
• Yhdeksäkymmenentehdä RiistaPoika

Loosely related

• pull hand
• teini-X
• TJ
• jk
• Finnish keyboard layout
• Itsenurha

Finnish names for weird foreign things

• Hämähäkkimies
• Yykaakoo