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You’ve probably seen this before

Posted on September 7, 2009 | Leave a comment

But it just gets better after repeated viewing.  And I don’t even like hip hop that much.

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Don’t tell Yoda what he can or can’t do

Posted on August 31, 2009 | Leave a comment

Don't tell Yoda what he can or can't do

He wasn’t particularly impressed by this District 9 ad ;)

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Let’s have fun with the Finnish language, part I

Posted on August 21, 2009 | 2 Comments

Over the years I’ve learned to accept as normal the many differences and quirks Finnish has for someone learning it as a second language. Some of the most hilarious I’ve seen or heard from others below:

Olen iloinen = I’m happy
Olen loinen = I’m a parasite

Minä välitän sinusta = I care about you
Minä valitan sinusta = I (will) complain about you

Minun kieli on turvonnut = My tongue is swollen
Minun kulli on turvonnut = My dick is swollen (happened to a guy who had just gotten a tongue piercing)

kolari = car crash
Kolari= town in Finnish Lapland where snow (or something like it) fell this week

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Comercial en inglés, comercial en español

Posted on May 20, 2009 | 1 Comment

Lo interesante de este comercial, estarán de acuerdo conmigo, es que en lugar de utilizar servicios de doblaje simplemente tomaron a la misma persona de su versión en inglés y lo pusieron a hablar español, con resultados aún más cómicos que el comercial original (abajo).  Además, estoy seguro que el mismo comercial en español no funcionaría fuera de Estados Unidos porque sonaría demasiado raro a todos aquellos que no están acostumbrados al acento de un angloparlante.  Creo que  es obvio que para los vendedores de este producto el mercado latino era lo suficientemente importante.

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Times of swine flu

Posted on April 29, 2009 | Leave a comment

New 20 Peso note

Even though the name is rather contentious, it is definitely the main news topic worldwide.   The rate of new cases seems to be going down in Mexico according to the Health Ministry, but there have been more deaths in Mexico and the first one abroad and the disease has spread to more countries, including a suspected case in Finland.  In Mexico City most of my friends and family keep on staying home, and most have already paid a heavy-duty visit to the supermarket.  I certainly hope the situation stabilises before other countries besides Argentina and Cuba suspend flights to the country.

In the cultural reaction front, there is plenty of photoshopped images doing the rounds, and others taken from the scene.  There is now a second swine flu song, the first has been translated to English, and people keep on using humour as a way to cope, especially that now even restaurants in the city are closed (with losses of more than 70 million USD per day).

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Continuing with the story

Posted on April 27, 2009 | Leave a comment

The WHO has raised its alert status to level 4. There have been over 2,300 cases in Mexico now, 700 still in hospital, 150 deceased.  There are confirmed cases in Spain and Scotland, and closer to home suspected cases in Belgium, Sweden, Norway & Denmark.  To make matters even worse, there was an earthquake in Mexico City today, although there is no reports of damages.

Although Mexicans are now starting to sound worried, some still cope by joking.  Some people commented that the earthquake was basically another way of sneezing, and the influenza song now has a video.  People are still staying home, following the instructions of the government, and the school shutdown has been expanded nationwide.  If you speak Spanish, the Mexican Presidency has live video coverage of the situation here.

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The reactions to swine flu in Mexico

Posted on April 25, 2009 | 2 Comments
Football games cancelled in Mexico City

Football games cancelled in Mexico City

One very interesting consequence of the current situation with swine flu in Mexico (New Yortk Times, BBC, El Universal, Hesari) has been the reaction of the public.  While of course the healthcare system is taking all possible measures and people are worried, quite a few have tended to cope with the situation through jokes (some of a very dark nature). People have started joking about zombies, politics, Hollywood disaster movies or the fact that it seems to be a mutation of bird, swine and human flu.  There’s even a swine flu song…

A selection of tweets below (mostly in Spanish, sorry):

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Grabbed & crapped

Posted on April 24, 2009 | Leave a comment

Finnish phonology differs greatly from that of other languages.  Just like the rolled r doesn’t exist at all in many Asian languages, b, g & d are usually “fused” with p, k & t, while c, f, q, w, x and z are only used for loanwords.

This means that on rare occassions you might end up with a guy who think’s he’s saying “grabbed” sounding like “crapped” instead.  As any other accent, you just get used to it.

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Star Wars meets MacGyver

Posted on April 23, 2009 | Leave a comment

I don’t know about you, but as a child of the eighties I find this absolutely hilarious.

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Finland in South Park

Posted on April 16, 2009 | Leave a comment

In the same venue as previous appearances in Monty Python and the Conan O’Brien show (which had unintended consequences), Finland recently appeared in South Park.

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