*gripping bathroom sink* every foreign accent is a sign of bravery, every foreign accent is a sign of bravery-

this has happened three times now and i have been there for two of them

Pining = mäntyminen??

kaipuu?

ananas🍍

I was trying to check when the great English vowel shift happened and got the strangest ad I've seen lol

I'm now obsessed with the idea of buying a phonological change. Like, popping down to the store and completely changing the way you speak.

official linguistics post

Höpönlöpö = A funny guy's gasoline

Shopping in Finland with Google Translate be like...

Everybody online: German words are so long hehe

Finnish news: sähköpotkulautaonnettomuuksia is one word and it takes up the whole first line

Sähkö = Electricity Potku = Kick Lauta = Board Potkulauta = Scooter Sähköpotkulauta = Electric scooter Onnettomuus = Accident

Just one hell of a compound word

I would like to add that onnettomuus could be literally translated as “lucklessness” which I find quite interesting.

Estonian news: yes the word elektritõukerattaõnnetus is also long enough to take up almost the entire line

Elektri = Electricity

Tõuke = push

Ratta (nom. ratas) = wheel

Tõukeratas = scooter

Õnnetus(es) = accident

code switching is great because one moment everyone can understand you and the next la frase gets totalmente incompréhensible for tout le mundo except ton cerebro y on ne peut hacer anything about ça

Hyvää suomen kielen ja Mikael Agricolan päivää!

© Joonas Rinta-Kanto, 2018

A1-A2: man, there're so many words I need to know in order to say literally anything

B1-B2: wow, what I know is enough now

C1-C2: man, there're so many weirdly specific words I need to know in order to describe these weirdly specific things I've only seen once in my life. Also I forgot how to say ceiling.

Ei mul muuta

English: darling

Estonian: expensive :)

One of the 10 tongue twisters for all the language enthusiasts out there 😉

Every time I start to think Finnish words aren't that long really, I see something like this:

I love how Finnish works

because this email title means both

"about the eating [habits] of students"

and

"about eating [your] students"