Expectations about weight OT

Any idea where I can learn those choice words? I have a Finnish-Canadian
character in a story that's in the works, and I could use something to make
him a little more authentic! :-P Besides, I think Finnish is a cool language.

Blessed be,
Baha
Too much Kalevala, never enough!

Marina wrote:

Christine K. wrote:

I sometimes use the language switch thingy. One has to be careful, into
which language one switches tho, Swedish may be the other official
language here, but a drunken Finn may become aggressive if I reply in
Swedish. English might be too easily understood so German is a fairly
safe bet, especially if I fake a selection of accents (don't know any
single accent well enough to stick to one). Or speak English with a
French accent.

Heh, this reminds me of a friend of mine. He was visiting Paris, and
found the Parisians a bit snooty. He doesn't speak a word of French, and
they were refusing to speak English with him. Finally he got so
frustrated he started shouting Finnish swear words at them. Suddenly,
they remembered how to speak English. ;o)

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Shiral wrote:

But in the mornings, I put a dvd in
my player and follow these two smiling, sadistic ladies named Veena and
Neena who both have fabulous bodies while they demonstrate their belly
dance work out.

LOL!

Joyce

wrote:

W. Leong wrote:

Same here. I lost weight when I am depressed.
I joked that I even weigh less than some of the large dogs I saw at the
vet's.
I lost weight when I cut back on my sugar intake. My
doctor warned me of becoming diabetic as I have a family history.
I have a sweet tooth, but I manage to cut back..
These days I try to go for a walk before or after I indulge in something
sweet.
I am down to a size 2 petite. I am 5' 3" and barely make it to 100 lb
My doctor is not concerned about my weight though.

Winnie


You're exactly the same size as me. One advantage is I can always find
my size on a sale rack, same with shoes. My GP rags on me about weight
sometimes but the cardiologist never does.
I have a terrible self image. It isn't just overweight people who have
a bad self image. I think we all do. Sometimes I get really depressed
and think I look like a crack whore.

Sherry
Sherry

Please do not think about yourself in that way, Sherry!
Lots of hugs and purrs,
Polonca and Soncek

Either Marina or I could surely assist you in finding a suitable
vocabulary for your character. What would you want him to say? If we don't
want to teach the whole ng to swear in Finnish, feel free to email me off
the ng, my email addy is fairly straight forward to unmunge, and is shown
in my sig as well.
Christine in Vantaa, Finland

ROFL. I'm able to swear fluently in Spanish and that's good enough,
although a Syrian radiologist I once worked for taught me the most
colorful phrases I've heard to date in "curses", LOL. The only part
repeatable here involved "desert dogs".....heh.

You're exactly the same size as me. One advantage is I can always find
my size on a sale rack, same with shoes. My GP rags on me about weight
sometimes but the cardiologist never does.
I have a terrible self image. It isn't just overweight people who have
a bad self image. I think we all do. Sometimes I get really depressed
and think I look like a crack whore.
Sherry
Please do not think about yourself in that way, Sherry!
Lots of hugs and purrs,
Polonca and Soncek

(Snort) From one who has seen lotsa "crack whores" at work,
no way do you faintly resemble one....
No "tracks" on arms/legs, sunken eyes, dark circles under eyes,
smelling bad....sad examples of humanity sunk below radar screen....
Sherry, from what you've posted in binary pics, you got the face
and shape of a young girl - late teenage. You're just a little person
and I bet terribly strong from taking care of all those cows you got.
As you know, I'm deathly afraid of cows.

On 2006-05-10, Shiral penned:

Francesca and Nina sometimes flop down on the living room rug and
watch me with expressions of amazement while I'm doing the workout.
I can just hear them thinking "Why doesn't she just try leaping
after a tassel on the end of a tether like WE do?" Remaining
unselfconsious under the contemptuous eyes of cats is no mean feat.
=o)

So true! And I worry about landing on pets when doing martial arts.
They don't seem to get it. Puma (RB dog) used to try to walk under me
while I was doing kicks. I appreciate the vote of confidence, but
eek!

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

Actually, I really don't want the VERY bad stuff on the NG and I'll decipher
your addy when i get home (I'm at my buddy's place now) but would like to
know one word: how you would describe a jackass: not the stubborn beast of
burden, nor a member of the Democratic party (note that I'm a card-carrying
Liberal Democrat!) but the way one would describe a yutz who "just fell off
the turnip truck" or is otherwise dumber than the average rock.

Did I mention that my character is an LDS missionary too?

Blessed be, and thanks!
Baha

Christine K. wrote:
Any idea where I can learn those choice words? I have a Finnish-Canadian
character in a story that's in the works, and I could use something to make
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
Baha
Too much Kalevala, never enough!

Either Marina or I could surely assist you in finding a suitable
vocabulary for your character. What would you want him to say? If we
don't want to teach the whole ng to swear in Finnish, feel free to email
me off the ng, my email addy is fairly straight forward to unmunge, and
is shown in my sig as well.


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Enfilade wrote:
Yesterday we had a family reunion and the first thing my younger uncle's
wife said to me was "Oh, I'm glad to see you are still slim." I haven't
seen her for two years.
What's that about?

I think that in a culture where slim=attractive, she was trying to
compliment you. Particularly since people tend to gain weight as they
age.

Lately, my mother makes a lot of comments about me being
unattractive/fat/etc. I weigh 163 lbs. She weights 230+. Teacup,
meet kettle.

I was once seriously ill and plummetted to 128 lbs. On my frame,
that's underweight (145-150 is my ideal). My close friends were
concerned by how I looked, but casual acquaintances said I looked
great. I was all bones.

--Fil

I thought weight obsession was an American thing. In the 90's due to
health problems I went from being overweight to being underweight. When
I was underweight people told me I was pretty. I felt angry about it
when I was 16-20 something I needed to hear that but at 40 I felt ok
myself but sad for the teen who wanted to be pretty. Now I'm about
average for a non Hollywood person.
Suz
Spicey is purrfect of course.

On Mon, 08 May 2006 18:54:29 +0000, Christine K. wrote:

Matthew aka NMR wrote:
Easy way to deal with people like that start using sign language or
speaking another language people automatically change their way of dealing
with you


I sometimes use the language switch thingy. One has to be careful, into
which language one switches tho, Swedish may be the other official
language here, but a drunken Finn may become aggressive if I reply in
Swedish. English might be too easily understood so German is a fairly
safe bet, especially if I fake a selection of accents (don't know any
single accent well enough to stick to one). Or speak English with a
French accent.



Or you could give the "deaf and dumb" sign.

Baha via CatKB.com wrote:
Actually, I really don't want the VERY bad stuff on the NG and I'll decipher
your addy when i get home (I'm at my buddy's place now) but would like to
know one word: how you would describe a jackass: not the stubborn beast of
burden, nor a member of the Democratic party (note that I'm a card-carrying
Liberal Democrat!) but the way one would describe a yutz who "just fell off
the turnip truck" or is otherwise dumber than the average rock.

Did I mention that my character is an LDS missionary too?

Blessed be, and thanks!
Baha


Finnish is a very colourful language and there are plenty of ways to
describe a jackass. One is the simple direct translation - aasi - which
is used in the same way here as there. Then there are dozens and dozens
used in similar contexts, and when keeping to the milder version,
bearing in mind that the character is a missionary, we could use:
- tahvo
- taukki
- uuno
- untamo
- urvelo
- vasemman jalan saapas (= left foot boot, as in dumber than...)
etc. etc.

But you have to bear in mind that Finnish tends to attach prefixes and
endings on words instead of using the little words in between, like
English. So for a direct shout, like "Jackass!!" the word is ok like it
is, in the basic form, but in other contexts you may want to check
again...

Christine, posting from work, chuckling to herself, and not being able
to think of any juicy and descriptive ones - dang it!