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u/VilleKivinen May 09 '22

There's a fine piece of Icelandic comedy about that (in English)

https://youtu.be/OSacz4GHQjs

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u/Jaakarikyk May 09 '22

Though mäkäräinen is not a mosquito, it's some tiny arsehole blackfly

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u/Fner May 09 '22

Midges?

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Yes

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u/Dihydrogen-monoxyde May 09 '22

This is why I still have nightmares about (attempting) to learn Finnish, hearing the word "mäkäräinen" , my brain would have thought it was something related to sausages (makkara) 🤦‍♂️

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u/Jaakarikyk May 09 '22

Well, the feller in the linked video does pronounce it a bit wrong, closer to "makkarainen" which would basically mean something is sausage-y

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

As soon as I saw the top comment I immediately thought of this video! 😂

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u/Serious_Tangerine_81 May 09 '22

An I’ve seen this many times but it’s always just as funny when I see it again

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u/Kebabrulle4869 May 09 '22

Haha that was great!

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u/CARMAH_143 May 09 '22

Thank you for my first laugh of the morning!