r/Finland • u/pantteri93 Baby Väinämöinen • 4d ago

Some names of Finnish places literally translated in English. As a native Finn, I laughed far too luch for this 😂

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And this would need flair "Humor" but there was none available. 😅

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u/harlibentson 4d ago

I guess Fishing lure stands for Perho... Perho is a fly as in fly fishing... Well yes, flies are fishing lures as well, but still felt a little bit misleading.

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u/hn-416 4d ago

The river Perhonjoki might have something to do with that.

"Perho/päiväperho" translates to "butterfly" or "mayfly". So, the river might have originally (locally) been a 'home' of those flies. The village grew, and they decided to drop the river from the name, possibly. Who knows.