onko suomenkieleni niin kehnoa?
i've started learning a bit of finnish. at this point i only know enough to get myself in very deep trouble (should i ever dare to try and use it). anyway, here are my favorite false cognates so far. may there be many more.
1) maailman - a form of the noun that means "world" (finnish has 9 noun cases--ack!)
2) porkkana - carrot
3) appelsiini - orange (the fruit, not the color)
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i'm sure this has been discussed ad nauseum already, but i really don't like the way online communities (e.g., this one) have spawned the use of "friend" and other nouns as insta-verbs. i'm sure i'm guilty of saying that i "friended" someone at least once, but you will never hear me use "favorited." ugh.
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who knew?
noise and matrimony go hand in hand, apparently.
exhibit a: at sound exchange recently, co-proprietor kurt brennan asked me if i had ever seen the merzbox and proceeded to give me a peek. it was a special order for a customer who was purchasing it to give as a wedding gift. when kurt told the distributor, the distributor's response was "you texans are weird." duh.
exhibit b: i just found a copy of the cd "the history of aids" by ballyhooed, rhode island-based noisician prurient at the half-price books in humble, texas, for $2.00. on it, prurient turns a selection of rumi's love poems (recited at many a nuptual) into something, uh, quite a bit more disturbing.
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one of the few good things that happened in june: by popular request, the hummus & chinese-style green bean wraps are BACK at the vegetarian restaurant right by my house. they run out of hummus sometimes, though, which is kind of a bummer.
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step aside, badedas! korres' bitter almond shower gel (which i buy at tj maxx for about a third of its retail price, by the way) has captured my heart as well as the position of honor on my bathroom shelf. taking a shower with it is like becoming one with an amaretti di saronno cookie. v. nice.
1) maailman - a form of the noun that means "world" (finnish has 9 noun cases--ack!)
2) porkkana - carrot
3) appelsiini - orange (the fruit, not the color)
---
i'm sure this has been discussed ad nauseum already, but i really don't like the way online communities (e.g., this one) have spawned the use of "friend" and other nouns as insta-verbs. i'm sure i'm guilty of saying that i "friended" someone at least once, but you will never hear me use "favorited." ugh.
---
who knew?
noise and matrimony go hand in hand, apparently.
exhibit a: at sound exchange recently, co-proprietor kurt brennan asked me if i had ever seen the merzbox and proceeded to give me a peek. it was a special order for a customer who was purchasing it to give as a wedding gift. when kurt told the distributor, the distributor's response was "you texans are weird." duh.
exhibit b: i just found a copy of the cd "the history of aids" by ballyhooed, rhode island-based noisician prurient at the half-price books in humble, texas, for $2.00. on it, prurient turns a selection of rumi's love poems (recited at many a nuptual) into something, uh, quite a bit more disturbing.
---
one of the few good things that happened in june: by popular request, the hummus & chinese-style green bean wraps are BACK at the vegetarian restaurant right by my house. they run out of hummus sometimes, though, which is kind of a bummer.
---
step aside, badedas! korres' bitter almond shower gel (which i buy at tj maxx for about a third of its retail price, by the way) has captured my heart as well as the position of honor on my bathroom shelf. taking a shower with it is like becoming one with an amaretti di saronno cookie. v. nice.