Podcast 02/11/18
Ogg format
In which we discuss a highly important subject; The Naming of Cats. Clearly one of us **koff koff Trish** gives no thought at all to the subject, whereas Karin literally puts the cat on the table whilst choosing a proper Kitty Cognomen.
Don't forget...leave us a photo along with the fabulous name or nickname for your feline on our FB page, and you could win a Dickaroo!
Phun Phacts and Photos:
Spoonerisms, a list.
(Also, Scott insists the phrase "Jacking Off on the Slob" be included.)
The great "Oh" vs. "Zero" debate
The Mother Tongue, by Bill Bryson, the man who was fooled by the Finns, with the word ravintolassa.
Islay/Aila
English/Finnish
Salem, aka Whalem aka Floorca
Thanks for Listening!
I think there's a smaller secondary stress on latter parts of compound words in Finnish. Also, over three syllable long words have a secondary stress on every other syllable.
ReplyDeletePuna is not a contraction of punainen (=red), but means more like redness, the character or quality of red. Therefore punainen (=red) means sort of like "has redness". I can't think of an example with red, but it's the same with sini and sininen. Thus "taivaan sini" means "the blue of sky", when you're not, strictly speaking, referring to a color blue in a tangible sense but the idea of blueness.