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I think Scandinavians my age know "ei sa peittaa". Basically "do not cover". When bored on the toilet before phones, reading whatever labels was the norm, and t
by matsemann 1y ago
I think Scandinavians my age know "ei sa peittaa". Basically "do not cover". When bored on the toilet before phones, reading whatever labels was the norm, and they often had a Finnish version. This was the label on the radiator.
- Ndymium 1y ago*Ei saa peittää. :)
- matsemann 1y agoI knew there were some ¨'s sprinkled in, but felt it was safer my way than to botch it up even more, heh. (Could've googled it, but that's less fun). I've visited Finland a lot the later years due to my company starting a fulfillment center there. It was quite interesting how well I could get by with my Norwegian most places. Either because signage also was in Swedish, words often similar enough (except those that are very very far off, lol), or I even could speak Norwegian to some coworkers that then replied in Swedish (and not all of them even being Finns with Swedish as their native language).
- tapland 1y agoAnd condiment labels from reading them during dinner. That’s 90% of the Finnish I know.
- mrweasel 1y agoAlso "Hoitoaine, meaning "Conditioner". For a brief attempt at a Finnish webshop I also happen to know "Osta Nyt" (Buy now) and "Verkkokauppa" (Online store).