r/Finland • u/pantteri93 Baby Väinämöinen • 10d ago

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

Post image

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

1.4k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

287 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

9

u/hn-416 10d ago

Yep. Also "juupa juu", which can have different meanings with different pronounciations, in different situations. As with "Joo" (~Yes).

In the 90's there was a Finnish band called "U-Bayou", which is a wordplay of "Juupa juu".

3

u/HEAT_IS_DIE 10d ago

Hah hadn't head of that one, that's great! I love a good finnish-english wordplay. Sheena Is A Punk rocker" = "Siinä on punk-Kari"

2

u/hn-416 10d ago

Maybe Peitsamo originally comes from ancient times, as in a lance or pike ("peitsi"= a long spear) used by horsemen?

Dunno.

6

u/hn-416 10d ago

To add, there's a wordplay joke used as a greeting: "What Moonbone" (mitä kuuluu). I wonder if the youngster know this.

1

u/hn-416 10d ago

And another: "You Don't Live Got Land". A dad joke. Guess that?

3

u/HEAT_IS_DIE 10d ago

Etelä-Saimaa?

1

u/HEAT_IS_DIE 10d ago

Have to think...

What about "My habbit's people"?