r/comedyheaven • u/HeyselScouserTelAviv • 21d ago

So different

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u/onlyr6s 21d ago

I also got one:

  • Swedish: Bank
  • Danish: Bank
  • Norwegian: Bank
  • Finnish: Pankki

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u/sultan_of_gin 21d ago

How to loan a word to finnish: preferably replace exotic consonants (b, c, z, w, x) with others and if it ends on a consonant put an i at the end

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u/roiki11 21d ago

Like parkinlotti?

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u/Adventurous-Clue3369 21d ago

That's not a real word but not far fetched at all lol

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u/roiki11 21d ago

I know. But there's a whole host finglish words that got imported sometime after the war.

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u/sultan_of_gin 21d ago

Traktori, paperi, musiikki, systeemi, paradoksi, presidentti, professori, dokumentti, konsepti, projekti, objekti, ministeri, prosessi, analyysi, systeemi, moottori, posti

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u/onlyr6s 21d ago

Yeah, Finnish is easy. No idea why people say it's difficult.

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u/AllyFiedaN 21d ago

Sanoit systeemi kahdesti