Finnish Postcards

Stefan Persson reimersholme at hotmail.com
Thu Aug 22 21:51:08 CEST 2002


----- Original Message -----
From: <H.W.Fluks at kpn.com>
To: <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 9:08 PM
Subject: RE: Finnish Postcards

> Ari translated:
>
> > Iloinen tervehdys ankkalinnasta!
> > Cheerful greeting from Duckburg!
> >
> > Hei, mä keksin ...
> > Hey, I figured ...
> >
> > Pakkaus sisältää viisi Aku Ankka-Aiheista postikorttia.
> > The package contains five Aku Ankka -themed post cards.
>
> Now here's the proof that Finnish can be *exactly* as long as English! In
> spite of what most people think (that the Finnish language always needs
more
> space).

I think that one translation even was *shorter* than the Finnish quote. :-)

Stefan



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