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I use to joke that all the Finnish I know I learned from reading product labels. Here in Scandinavia, for a lot of convenience store products they don't bother
by vintermann 4y ago
I use to joke that all the Finnish I know I learned from reading product labels. Here in Scandinavia, for a lot of convenience store products they don't bother making different boxes for each country, so there's a "Nyhet! Nyhed! Uusi!" breakfast cereal from Nestlé containing "Havre/Havre/Kaura" etc. And of course "Ei saa peittää" (do not cover!) and "Ei lapsille alle 3 vuoden" (not for children under 3 years).
But these words are familiar, and they're not from product labels! Turns out I heard them in a Rajaton song ("Nouse Lauluni"). I should have guessed it was from Kalevala!
- Sharlin 4y agoHee, yeah, Rajaton samples a lot from Kalevala, its "sister work" Kanteletar [1], and from Finnish folk poetry in general. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanteletar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanteletar