Brothers vs. Lovers. Also, a new name!

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So I was pondering about why, of all my OTPs, Sam and Dean stand head and shoulders above the rest. Especially in light of Croatoan.

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[cosmic]

As a Finn, I really do have to go with taivaallinen. And if you go with that, let me know if you want to find out how to say the word (if the dictionary you used didn't let you know already).

Also, you're making me want to dig out my dvds so much, just so I could watch some Firefly. Oh Simon and River.

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Ooh, actually, could you tell me how to say it now? I've been saying it in my head essentially phonetically, with the first part sounding like "tie", but that's probably very wrong. I'm curious!

TAMS!! *hearts forever*

[cosmic]

I'm bound to screw this up. I thought I could find a dictionary that would say the words, but my skillz of google fail me. Finnish is, aside for a few exceptions, a completely phonetic language, so the first part DOES sound like "tie".

Basically, it's a four-syllable word, with the stress on the first syllable, and so it goes a bit like this: TIE-vah-l-lee-nen.

[exsequar]

Ahh, okay! I was putting the stress on the second syllable, and pronouncing the i like in "sit". Thank you for the clarification!

[cosmic]

Um. You're actually right.

<-- sucks

The i is like the one in 'sit', short. I was being more concerned about all the consonants so I go and screw with the vowels. Also, I'd like to add to the last syllable that you should say it like you would 'pen'. Except with an n.

[exsequar]

Oh, hee. Okay. But the stress is still on the first syllable yes?

[cosmic]

The stress is always on the first syllable in Finnish, even though the way we say everything is somewhat monotonic.