so long as it's words

foryoubluebird:

peculiarnuisance:

SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE DAY

finnish tongue twisters, yo.

translations for your amusement:

• Yksikseskös yskiskelet, itsekseskös itkeskelet, yksikseskös istuskelet, itkeskellen yskiskelet. Are you coughing alone, crying by yourself, sitting alone, coughing while crying?
• “Kas vain!” sanoi kasvain, ja kasvoi vain. Vain kasvain voi kasvaa noin vain. “Well, well!” said a tumor, and kept on growing. Only a tumor can get bigger just like that.
• Vesihiisi sihisi hississä. The water goblin hissed in an elevator.
• Vasta vastaa vasta vastaavasta vastavastaavasta. The bath whisk answers only for the respective person responsible for the bath whisk.
• Keksijä Keksi keksi keksin. Keksittyään keksin keksijä Keksi keksi keksin keksityksi Inventor Cookie invented the cookie. After inventor Cookie had invented the cookie, he invented that the cookie was invented.
• Appilan pappilan apupapin papupata. The bean casserole of the deacon of the rectory of Appila (name of place or “the father-in-law’s home”).
  
• Piukka paikka, peikko: paukkupuikko poikki. It’s a tough situation, troll: the bang stick is broken.
• Kokoa kokoon koko kokko! Koko kokkoko? Koko kokko. Gather up a full bonfire! A full bonfire? A full bonfire.

i’m so happy to be Finnish because if I had to learn to speak the language I probably wouldn’t

(via marlodjur)