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Topic History of: November - I hate it
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JK2006 |
Since we seem to have strayed into Scandinavian territory here, I'll always remember discussing Scandinavia with Danish friends and saying I thought there were five countries in the territory. They assumed I thought Iceland was part of it with Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland but I said no... Lapland.
For some reason they considered this hilarious. |
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david |
Anthony wrote:
david wrote:
I'd say the only thing they have in common is that they are both non-European languages.
No, they both belong specifically to the Finno-Ugric language family, but you are right that they bear little resemblance to each other now. 2000 years in isolation from each other has set them off in totally different directions.
of course you're right Anthony, along with Estonian, altho that's not hard to understand if you speak Finnish.
My favourite month is January in Northern Finland- even my Finnish friends think I'm mad for going there then. My favourite destination is the small village of Utsjoki, 500km north of the Arctic Circle. It's magical in the middle of winter. I experienced the coldest temperature I've ever been in up there, it went to -41 degrees one evening. ouch! |
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JK2006 |
Yes I wonder which months I'd hate if I lived Down Under... probably April and July!
Hateful November here started yesterday with someone shaking the poor trees so every fucking leaf in the country now resides on the ground where it will slowly rot. |
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veritas |
and for me it means glorious spring weather and 5 months of summer to come.
But I actually love the winter. |
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Anthony |
david wrote:
I'd say the only thing they have in common is that they are both non-European languages.
No, they both belong specifically to the Finno-Ugric language family, but you are right that they bear little resemblance to each other now. 2000 years in isolation from each other has set them off in totally different directions. Had it not been for the emergence of global media, it is doubtful that English and American would still be mutually intelligible.
Back to topic, I agree with robbiex. January is by far the most miserable and depressing month. |
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