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PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:22 pm    Post subject: Just saw this new forum... Reply with quote

..and wanted to wish good luck to all you Finns :D
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll second the good luck, but can they read this?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I'll second the good luck, but can they read this?


No, we can't. But thanks anyway. :wink:
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know that most Finns speak perfect English, so they should be fine.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

About the only word I know (other than Hei) is Pelionnea! (Good luck I believe?!?)
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Linux spreads it wings " :

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That's it! I'm fed up with the popular media misunderstanding linux and the free software movement. It is quite obvious if you've had the time to do any research that penguins swim and don't fly.

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Indeed. So I guess the title of the story should be: Linux Spreads its... Fins?

No you're confused, Linux was spread by a Finn


:D :D :D
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Celtis wrote:
About the only word I know (other than Hei) is Pelionnea! (Good luck I believe?!?)


"Pelionnea!" - "Good luck in the game!" (literally: "Gameluck!")

A more general way of wishing luck could be "Lykkyä tykö!" (Sounds silly, doesn't it :wink: )

I hope you find that useful :)
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I assume that the tyko (sorry, cant write utf) means luck? If so, the ancient (and modern) greek work for luck is tychi, maybe they are somehow connected?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Celtis wrote:
About the only word I know (other than Hei) is Pelionnea! (Good luck I believe?!?)


"Pelionnea!" - "Good luck in the game!" (literally: "Gameluck!")

A more general way of wishing luck could be "Lykkyä tykö!" (Sounds silly, doesn't it :wink: )

I hope you find that useful :)


Thanks, I do. You can't tell I picked "Pelionnea" up from playing online Poker can you ;)
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Damn, neither babel fish nor google's translation thing support finnish.

Oh well, enjoy the pingviini!
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

stgreek wrote:
I assume that the tyko (sorry, cant write utf) means luck? If so, the ancient (and modern) greek work for luck is tychi, maybe they are somehow connected?


Actually, it's the lykkyä part that means good luck. You can even use it alone: Lykkyä! I don't know the exact origins of the word, but I believe it comes from Swedish. "Proper" Finnish word for luck is onnea.

I don't think there is an exact word for tykö in english but it means roughly to/with you.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Celtis wrote:
Thanks, I do. You can't tell I picked "Pelionnea" up from playing online Poker can you ;)


No, but "Pelionnea" is something that would most likely be wished for a person who is gambling :wink:
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

stgreek wrote:
I assume that the tyko (sorry, cant write utf) means luck? If so, the ancient (and modern) greek work for luck is tychi, maybe they are somehow connected?


My understanding is that lykkyä tykö comes from from the swedish language, lykka till (sp?).
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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2004 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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My understanding is that lykkyä tykö comes from from the swedish language, lykka till (sp?).


Right, and don't teach that kind of language to foreigners, because it's, as we call it, svetisismiä, and not sophisticated Finnish language. "Onnea" is more appropriate in written form. Though I don't really think foreigners care about that kind of stuff (even most Finns don't).
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PostPosted: Fri May 07, 2004 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jounihat wrote:
Right, and don't teach that kind of language to foreigners, because it's, as we call it, svetisismiä, and not sophisticated Finnish language. "Onnea" is more appropriate in written form. Though I don't really think foreigners care about that kind of stuff (even most Finns don't).


You are right about it, it just confuses everyone even more :lol:
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