Less of a meme and more of a youyou

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(gacked from obsessedmuch)

I know very little about some of the people on my friends' list. Some people I know relatively well. I read your fic, or we have something else in common and we chat occasionally. Some of you I hardly know at all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you.

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...she likes spinach."

I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal.

My personal goal is: to get over my writer's block, write my Obscure Santa thingy, and perhaps do something illegal this weekend.

I aim high.

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[susi77.livejournal.com]

I haven't been online for few days, that's why I haven't answered earlier. I also tried posting this earlier today, but for some reason it didn't work. I don't know if one of the letters was something that can't be sent through hotmail, but here I am trying again.

What would you like learn in Finnish? Here are some things:

Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta. = Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I don't know if you celebrate Christmas, but it is the season so...

Minä rakastan sinua. = I love you.

Paljonko kello on? = What time is it?

So, those are some boring classics. I can teach you to cuss now. I think the most used swear word in Finnish is vittu. Literal translation is cunt, which has shocked some of my non-Finnish friends to no end. The thing is, it has become sort of a filler word, I don't think anyone actually even thinks about the meaning. A manly cuss word is perkele, and it means the devil.

Pronunciation key is a bit tricky without phonetic spelling, but basically you pronounce everything exactly as it is written. The letter ä is pronounced a bit like a in cat or hat. Also, Finnish doesn't have the same kind of intonation that English does. For someone who doesn't understand the language, it would sound like a string of syllables without any clear intonation. I've also heard that it is really difficult to tell the words apart. Now I'm going to stop before this turns into a lecture. I could kind of go on and on because I'm a translator. Feel free to ask anything.

Susi