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Re: Another one for Maggie (and or Dave!)
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Thu, 18 Apr 2002 14:49:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Tobbe Arnesson writes:
> On another, similar, note I can tell all that tuna in Swedish is
> "tonfisk" which translates into tuna (ton) fish (fisk). So I guess
> other lingos too has the fish in there.
Apologies in advance to any Finns for the mangling I am about to commit but...
da Tech (1) , where I went to school, is in a heavily Finnish part of the UP
(2)... one of our favorite stores in Houghton is "Kukkokaupa Flower Shop"
which Finns tell me means "flower shop flower shop" (3)
Oh, and the list of people who are ALREADY crazy includes Dave! (4)
1 - properly: Michigan Technological University. Go Huskies!
2 - properly: the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Where yoopers live.
3 - if you're a Finn and you don't agree, it's because I spelled it wrong.
4 - bang at the end, as is proper.
++Lar
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| (...) German, too. "Thunfisch," IIRC. (...) Apparently in England there is a hill called "Torpenhow Hill." Quoth Patricia C. Wrede (noted fantasy novelist) in rec.arts.sf.composition: First set of invaders: What's that? Natives: The Tor. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) On another, similar, note I can tell all that tuna in Swedish is "tonfisk" which translates into tuna (ton) fish (fisk). So I guess other lingos too has the fish in there. /Tobbe (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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