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[Finman]

You know you've been in Finland too long when you understand why the Finnish language has no future tense.

haetanneko to mittee sano savoolaane.

Tässä on käytetty salauskoodia eli savon kieltä.

 

[Nic Rhodes]

codes, I like codes. Not sure we will ever understand it however

 

[Finman]

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Did you try google translate?

 

[Nic Rhodes]

yes!

 

[HelenX]

This thread has become really interesting (and amusing, in places!) Thank you RAB for your helpful answer to my question - like Luminos, I am doing some copy and paste work to refer to later.
Helen

 

[Gardenbees]

haetanneko to mittee sano savoolaane.

Tässä on käytetty salauskoodia eli savon kieltä.

Actually the code is more like "let's be a bit less direct about things and keep everyone guessing!!"

NB I saw some hives on the outskirts of Espoo when I went to visit a few years ago. They were in a row in what was basically a large, outdoor bookshelf, i.e. open-fronted but with a plank over the top, presumably to keep the worst of the weather off.

PS. see Helsingin Sanomat for more "you know you've been in Finland too long when....": http://www.hs.fi/english/extras/toolong. The "furriner" in question is probably my uncle... those look like his comments

 

[Finman]

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Hehehe. Hives in rows...

What I most laugh in British beekeeping is high stands. It tells that the honeytower
cannot be very high because it collapses or runs out of hands.

About the Helsinki Nerwsletter story, if some one smile to me on street.
First I check is my thouser's fly open

 

[Gardenbees]