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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 19 Oct 1999.
Re: How to look

Re: How to look

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 12:40:20 +0200, Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen (REM...@CeeJay.findhere.com) wrote:
: : No wait, i know that "kamin" is Finnish for stove! :-)

Except that it isn't.

: Funny .. "kamin" is also is the Danish word .. I always thought the two had
: nothing in common.

Well, they do have a link - Swedish, to be precise. There's plenty
of originally Swedish words in Finnish (as well as more modern words
from English and some very old ones from germanic languages).

Joka tapauksessa suurin osa suomen sanoista pohjautuu kuitenkin joko
suomalais-ugrilaiseen kantasanastoon, tai sitten niin vanhoihin
lainasanoihin, ettei niiden alkuper� useinkaan ole maallikolle selv�.

Vilket kan vara nyttigt, since that means we can speak Finnish even
with foreigners present without having to worry that they'd recognize
some of the words, varsinkin jos v�ltt�� sivistyssanoja ja puhekielen
lainoja. Ce n'est pas tres poli, though.

-- 
Ilmari Karonen
http://www.sci.fi/~iltzu/

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