tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25897493.post8558350472148413742..comments2023-10-04T17:13:47.394+03:00Comments on future of my past: Glum-and-gloom moonAnna MRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13801478271766064478noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25897493.post-2285635672134967572006-10-23T18:28:00.000+03:002006-10-23T18:28:00.000+03:00...or indeed, "saadaan sadetta kesäkuuhun saakka",......or indeed, "saadaan sadetta kesäkuuhun saakka", will get rain until June (literally, summer moon!)Anna MRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801478271766064478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25897493.post-6424596113439078252006-10-23T18:27:00.000+03:002006-10-23T18:27:00.000+03:00Rain is "sade", so you might say "saadaan sadetta"...Rain is "sade", so you might say "saadaan sadetta", (we) will be getting rain...Anna MRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801478271766064478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25897493.post-14896481776712201762006-10-23T02:03:00.000+03:002006-10-23T02:03:00.000+03:00Such a beautiful phrase for something so mundane...Such a beautiful phrase for something so mundane! How do you say, 'Rain, rain and more rain until June' in Finnish? That will be our weather forecast from now on. At least in Finnish it might sound lovely!nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25897493.post-54293264543750676252006-10-23T01:35:00.000+03:002006-10-23T01:35:00.000+03:00nmj, if vowels make you happy, Finnish has them ap...nmj, if vowels make you happy, Finnish has them aplenty, as well as consonants repeated to an astonishing degree. There was some famous (non-Finnish) conductor or another, who went on record saying the most beautiful thing that could be spoken with any human tongue was the Finnish phrase "alavilla mailla hallan vaara", or "danger of frost on open ground", heard very often on the radio weather forecast over here.Anna MRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801478271766064478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25897493.post-39021907386648147322006-10-22T13:23:00.000+03:002006-10-22T13:23:00.000+03:00Honey, I think Scotland in Jan/ Feb could equal He...Honey, I think Scotland in Jan/ Feb could equal Helsinki in November, the days are flat and grey like concrete, you feel the weight on your shoulders. Ah, but kuu is such a beautiful word, I love it!nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25897493.post-71862231536983235742006-10-22T00:00:00.000+03:002006-10-22T00:00:00.000+03:00It actually is really depressing knowing you have ...It actually is really depressing knowing you have weeks of no daylight ahead of you. The pearls come from the fact that in February, the sun is warm enough to start melting the snow on the branches of trees, creating a pearl of ice on the tips of the branches in the night when temperatures drop again. I always thought that was rather nice.Anna MRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801478271766064478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25897493.post-14920770983241986702006-10-21T22:02:00.000+03:002006-10-21T22:02:00.000+03:00So the most stressful aspect of winter is the appr...So the most stressful aspect of winter is the approach? If you survive the ditch of death you are strong as an oak, and next thing you know the pearly gates of Spring are around the corner.<br /><br />It just got cold here today, and I have to walk faster to warm up...KSxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623746609059372431noreply@blogger.com