#my grandpa is a finnish stereotype

[mcrmadness]

19, 21 and 30?

Thanks! :) (The ask game here!)

19: A fact about your personality

Apparently I'm a walking example of the Savonian tribe stereotypes lol

No but, I find the Finnish tribe stereotypes super fascinating, and I myself am 2/4 Savonian (and I was born and have grown up here), 1/4 Ostrobothnian and 1/4... Laplandish? How is that said in English even? (Like, my grandpa's roots are in Lapland but not related to Sami people etc.) Anyway, it's fun to read about there stereotypes because Savonian and Ostrobothnian do collide a bit, and somehow I'm both and have traits of them both XD

Wikipedia says this about Savonians:

The stereotypical Savonian is talkative, easy-going, jolly and humorous, occasionally even to an offensive degree. Traditionally, the Savonians have often been considered to be "sneaky" and "mendacious." However, recent research has shown that this infamy is largely due to misunderstandings caused by the traditional Savonian social indirectness.

And that is 100% how I am too. Like, I'm so Savonian it hurts :D And then the article about Ostrobothnian stereotype says "The stereotypical Ostrobothnian is brave, calm and dependable." and I relate to that one too. It definitely runs in the family, and I can see how different my dad's family is vs. my mom's family :D (My mom's whole family has been living in Savo area for hundreds of years and it shows.)

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21: What I love most about myself

Hmm, I'm a loveless aro and that also means I am unable to love even myself. But I do appreciate myself and I'd say the thing I like about myself the most is... maybe my worldview? Or is that a too broad term? Okay maybe I'll se my sense of humour. I really like my sense of humour and I actually do think I'm funny, but it might be only because my sense of humour matches my sense of humour. So I am very biased :D

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30: What I hate the most about work/school

Early mornings. My school currently mostly starts at 9am which is already much better than when my horse job started at 7:50am, but it's still very very early to me nevertheless. So whenever I have a job or am studying, most of my freetime goes into battling with my sleeping schedule. I have 2 days off and I have already managed to completely mess up the whole system. It's very tiring in the end because I know better, but my brain doesn't listen. I dream of going to bed early, of having enough sleep at night, but always end up into bed thinking "I wish I managed to get into bed 2-3 hours earlier".

If I one night manage to do so, I feel like a winner, but I also know it's just one night and it's not going to stick. Every evening it's a battle. Especially every morning I swear to go to bed early cos I'm so tired, but then I get the ADHD "power surge" as I call them right when I should go to sleep, and suddenly everything is fun and I'm not tired. And then I regret again because I went to bed too late.

In a long run it's just... exhausting. I think it sometimes even stresses me out because I WANT TO GO TO BED EARLY TO GET ENOUGH SLEEP but I'm unable to, because so many distractions and executive dysfunction. Turning off my PC and stuff doesn't work because then I get so understimulated I can't sleep because of that. So definitely the maintining of my sleeping schedule is what I hate the most about work or school, because it just never works out. Never has. I was allowed to decide over mine after turning 14 or so, and it's been nothing but this ever since. (And being told to go to bed is not an option either, I hate being told to do things.)

#gremlin4goro #ask games

[sisullasuohon]

Alkuperäinen

Master post

Under the cut are some explanations for some words, phrases and translation choices from the above translation and some previous ones.

isäpappa (”daddy-o”) This is quite a cosy thing to call a dad. ’Pappa’ by itself means a geezer/grandpa or any elder male, if they are sensitive about being called old it’s an insult, if not it’s kind of cute and friendly. Then there’s also Muumipappa.

hyvää yritin, priimaa tuli (tried for a good one, ended up with premium quality) ’Nailed it’ is a bit difficult to translate, we have ’naulan kantaan’([hit] the nail in the head) in Finnish that’s similar in phrase (about nailing), but only means you are right about something, not about excelling in anything except knowing. Looking at cases I found of when ’nailed it’ is said in English, in Finnish they’d be a bit more specific about the situation, there’s really no good general phrase for that that I could think of. So with this translation, Sans spends some time thinking of a word that’s good enough, but the result is way better than what he thought he’d get with this amount of effort, hence the phrase.

siisti (cool, lit. clean/neat/tidy) Other words that are used in Finnish in a similar way to ’cool’ in English would be f.ex ’makee’/’magee’ (lit. sweet), ’pähee’ (this one doesn’t seem to have any double-meaning), and looks like the younger generation is using ’viilee’ (lit. cool in temperature) these days too. Out of these options I wanted to use one Papyrus can say too without it sounding too ooc, ’pähee’ and ’magee’ are way too slangy for him, but the others might show up in his lines later.

Look around you! I didn’t translate this book on purpose, while Finnish television has a lot of British comedies (with subtitles) and some of them are quite popular too, I don’t think that one ever made it here. Also reading something you’re interested in in a different language is a good way to learn the language. Following how the Finnish society works, the brothers seem to now be somewhere around the age (13-17?) where they should already be learning English and Swedish, and possibly some third language as well (I had to choose between French and German when I was 10, I heard some schools have Russian and Spanish options too). For the sake of becoming normal people with at least average basic skills, the brothers should know at least some English and Swedish, the same way they should know how to count, read, write, and f.ex draw a flower when asked; Everyone’s had art classes in elementary school, and those who never draw afterwards eventually forget most of it, but even they can still draw a recognisable stick-figure flower if needed (as long as they’re able to hold a pen at least).

sikasiisti (super/very cool, lit. pig clean) The word for ’pig’ amplifies an adjective that comes after it. Other slangy amplifiers are ’törkeen siisti’(super cool, lit. so clean it’s outrageous), ’sairaan siisti’(super cool, lit. so clean it’s sick), and one with a specific swear word that’ll come up some other day. To those of you who know the internet term ’pig disgusting’, Finnish has written records of different pig-amplified phrases since at least the 1980’s, so they shouldn’t be related. Though ’sikaällö’ does work in Finnish too.

Supervarovainen (Super careful) ’Super’ has the same amplifying effect as ’sika’ above, but is closer to book Finnish since it exist in a similar role in some Finnish words that don’t have a ’more Finnished’ word available, such as ’supersankari’(superhero), ’supermarket’, and ’superkuu’(supermoon). Proper book Finnish has several amplifying words available f.ex ’erittäin’, ’todella’, ’kovin’, ’hyvin’, ’sangen’, and ’kertakaikkisen’, some of which are already in use there too, ’super’ is just cuter there.

maalaisjärki (common sense, lit. countryside sense) While the countryside folk are regarded as more conservative and less educated/cosmopolitan than the people in the city areas, they also have the stereotype of having down-to-earth thinking, and not making things unnecessarily complicated, hence this word.

Halojaa/Haloo (Hello[on the phone]) These two are mostly phone-only words that aren’t really used when answering a phone, but when there’s disruptions and the speaker wants the other side to know that they can’t hear them, sort of a placeholder word when you need to make noise for the other side. This can lead to a chain of ’haloo’ being said from both sides until both think they can hear well enough to continue the call. Back before mobiles people would usually answer the phone with the family name of the household. In mobile times, this is only for the unknown numbers, and in work situations the company name followed with your full name. If it’s someone you know, it’s more common to answer with just ’moi’ or other basic greeting, since you already know who calls and they already know who they’re calling. ’Haloo’ is also used in a very specific phrase ’hei haloo!’(oh, come on!), it’s something a rebelling teenager might say to their parents when the parents don’t ”get” something.

Kultaseni (Darling, lit. my golden one) Finnish is apparently one of the few languages that refer to a dear person as being actually made of gold. ’Kulta’(gold) is basically less strong a word than ’rakas’(one that’s loved) when it comes to the raw feeling behind the word, the meaning is more of a ’you are precious’ than ’you are important’. But depending on how you use it it can be just as strong, people get to pick the pet names they want to give to their loved ones and that way add their own meaning there.

#zarla-s #translated #finnish #suomeksi #mercyasteensplates #sans #gaster #readmore

[yumikoyuki]

The rules: You must answer these 85 statements and tag 20 people

The last…

1. Drink - multivitamin juice

2. Phone call - i called dad

3. Text message - last message on whatsapp was in our escape room course group about our battle plan for tomorrow.

4. Song you listened to - DNA by BTS

5. Time you cried - this was very recently but why??? i don’t remember??? i think i was really really tired and just cried???

6. Dated someone twice - not sure how this is supposed to be interpreted. i have never dated someone twice?

7. Kissed someone and regretted it - very recently.

8. Been cheated on - don’t know if i have ever been cheated on. if i have, they hid it well.

9. Lost someone special - some years ago.

10. Been depressed - hahaha.

11. Gotten drunk and thrown up - last new year’s eve. i don’t think i was even that hammered, just mixed too many different drinks.

Favorite colors… 12. black 13. grey 14. dark blue tones

In the last year, you have… 15. Made new friends - i think so 16. Fallen out of love - no 17. Laughed until you cried - yes! just this week! 18. Found out someone was talking about you - don’t know. 19. Met someone who changed you - no don’t think so. 20. Found out who your friends are - i mean... like i trust my friends? and i don’t think i have been betrayed by anyone? 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list - yeah hahaha oh so many. i like kissing my friends and i’m fb friends with all my exes.

In general… 22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life - i don’t accept anyone who i have not met as my fb friend, but like if we are talking about people who i considered close enough to not remove from the list, it’s about 2/3. a very rough estimate.

23. Do you have any pets - kitty cat.

24. Do you want to change your name - nope, couldn’t see myself as anyone else than who i am. i used to “dislike” my first name in my teen years but it was totally a “ugh i want to be edgy and i want to be called someone else” phase. i never actually wanted to officially change my name.

25. What did you do for your last birthday - party at my place with friends and dancing in a night club after. was good.

26. What time did you wake up - today? around 11 (am).

27. What were you doing at midnight last night - watching stranger things i think?

28. Name something you can’t wait for - nothing? maybe like the trip to uk next spring with two of my friends.

29. When was the last time you saw your mom - a couple of weeks ago.

31. What are you listening to right now -  Lotto by EXO

32. Have you ever talked to a person named tom - yes.

33. Something that is getting on your nerves - me?

34. Most visited website - tumblr i feel.

35. Hair colour - dark brown.

36. Long or short hair - long. and short. undercut you know.

37. Do you have a crush on someone - no.

38. What do you like about yourself - skip.

39. Piercings - five in the ears, one of them stretched and one industrial.

40. Blood type - o, don’t know if + or -.

41. Nickname - yumi is the name most go with.

42. Relationship status - single.

43. Zodiac - taurus.

44. Pronouns - she/her.

45. Favourite tv show - several. game of thrones, bbc sherlock, orange is the new black, spartacus...

46. Tattoos - none :c

47. Right or left handed - right.

48. Surgery - nope.

49. Piercing - like i said.

50. Sport - eww. i mean i like sports if they are not working as a, you know, sport. i don’t want to think of them as sports, more like a way of getting somewhere like cycling, or just playing in the water and floating, not actual track swimming etc. i don’t like to sweat and to “push myself” for the sake of keeping myself in shape.

51. Vacation - saw some friends in tampere for a couple of days recently.

52. Pair of trainers - bought a pair for the japan trip a year back. best walking shoes ever.

More general… 53. Eating - dunno 54. Drinking - dunno. i mostlu drink multivitamin juice. 55. I’m about to - start playing dai soon i guess. 56. Waiting for - next day off. 57. Want - time 58. Get married - no opinion. 59. Career - something that pays my bills and that i truly enjoy. 

Which is better? 60. Hugs or kisses - both. in a relationship i love good kisses. kisses much good. 61. Lips or eyes - both. i don’t specifically notice either of them unless they are attractive.  62. Shorter or taller - taller. definitely taller. i don’t want to be taller. 63. Older or younger - older plz. i mean age is just a number but i prefer a stable mature person in my life and i’m into people with experience and the wisdom that comes with age. 64. Nice arms or nice stomach - c’mon i can’t pick. 65. Hook up or relationship - relationship. 66. Troublemaker or hesitant - depends of the level of “troublemakery”. i’m not approving at all if you are causing trouble for others or being an inconsiderate ass hat.

Have you ever… 67. Kissed a stranger - i guess. 68. Drank hard liquor - have i ever. 69. Lost glasses/contact lenses - i actually have! i borrowed a pair of my mom’s glasses in my teenage years for a photoshoot in the woods and they just vanished there.  70. Turned someone down - don’t even remember how many times. that sounds so arrogant and egoistic, but it just confuses me so damn much how anyone could ever like me that way. 71. Sex on the first date - i mean, no, but if the date was super duper good and The Mood was there mutually, i’m not the kind of person to just pass that opportunity just because my idea of a first date didn’t normally include sex. 72. Broken someone’s heart - not that i know of. 73. Had your heart broken - yes. 75. Cried when someone died - fictional characters yes, but i have not actually lost anyone important to me yet. i mean my grandpa died when i was barely two, so that doesn’t hurt at all. 76. Fallen for a friend - yes.

Do you believe in… 77. Yourself - pff. ok on some occasions but mostly pff. 78. Miracles - i don’t believe in miracles. sometimes unbelievable things happen but i would still not call them miracles. 79. Love at first sight - as a stereotypical finnish person, love is way too powerful of a feeling and word to just throw out there so easily. definitely absolutely no. infatuation yes, love absolutely never ever. are you kidding me. 80. Santa claus - :D 81. Kiss on the first date - i mean why not if the mood was there. 82. Angels - no.

Other… 83. Current best friend’s name - don’t have one. i have several good ones. 84. Eye colour - gray blue. 85. Favourite movie - too many good ones. but to like name one or something, the prestige.

#yumikoyuki personal #memes and such

[thatlittledandere]

Tagged by @elinmaries​ thank youu!

Rules: answer 30 some questions and tag 20 something blogs you would like to get to know better.

Although I think I’ve answered this one before... still doing it lol

1. Nicknames: online I’m just Venla but I welcome nicknames if you have any!! I’ve also been called Vemppu, Vempula and Vemps by my friends irl

2. Gender: yes

3. Star sign: Pisces

4. Height: 152½cm

5. Time: 19:48 and I’ve wasted the entire day

6. Birthday: March 15 

7. Favourite bands: I mostly just listen to anime these days *cough* Tiktak will be in my heart forever though

8. Favourite solo artists: same as above, maybeJuha Tapio and Robin?

9. Song stuck in my head: Sun the Festival

10. Last movie I Watched: uuuuh yesterday I saw like the last ten minutes of some cheerleading movie from 2009 does that count? There was a lesbian couple in the background it was nice

11. Last show I watched: Osomatsu-san

12. When did I create my blog: December 2013, hen I had a break and started regular posting sometime in 2014 but it was embarrassing

13. What do I post: Stuff I laugh at or relate to, a couple of fandoms, the occasional heavy shit even though I promised myself I’d keep this blog a happy place

14. Last thing I googled: “high school winter break japan” for a fic. Nobody cares but I want to keep my facts straight lmao

15. Do I have any other blogs: @oocmuumit​ where I post Moomins out of context

16. Do I get asks: usually one or two when I reblog an ask meme

17. Why I chose my url: thought it was clever

18. Following: 261 cool blogs

19. Followers: 582 even COOLER blogs

21. Average hours of sleep: no idea maybe like seven on a weekday and too much on weekends

22. Lucky number: 17

23. Instruments: I played the piano for a year when I was 8 and quit when I was supposed to start doing it with two hands. I’m not musical.

24. What am I wearing: My Official Comfortables loose star leggings and Karamatsu hoodie, plus two pairs of stockings underneath, socks, a grandpa sweater and a blanket. My apartment is cold as balls.

25. Dream job: you tell me it might be useful

26. Dream trip: Somewhere neat and relatively warm with my good friends. I definitely wanna go to Japan again, visit an onsen and shit.

27. Favorite food: I like Finnish oven foods and chicken curry (no it’s not because of boueibu i just;; like chi ck en cu rr y ;; ; )

28. Nationality: as Finnish as they get unfortunately I even think I’m kinda stereotypical;;

30. Favourite song right now: 

Theme of King JJ

I’m not tagging anyone smell ya later

#about me #I CAN CHANGE THE WORLD JJ JUST FOLLOW ME CATCH ME IF YOU CAN AND LOOK AT ME I'M BRAVE ENOUGH TO FIGHT THE ENEMIES THIS IS WHO I AM JUST REM #my god theme of king jj is so important #(turns out i haven't answered this particular meme before)

[mcrmadness]

Always so much fun to read about the Finnish "tribes" and how different the (old) stereotypes are from each other.

For example, I was born in East Finland (and have lived here my whole life), but I'm still 1/4 Ostrobothnian (West Finland) and 1/4 from Lapland, but I don't really know anything about the latter (my grandpa died already back in the 70s, and I was born in the early 90s), but I have always felt strongly drawn to the Ostrobothnian stereotype and I also really love the dialect.

So about those stereotypes, Wikipedia says this:

The stereotypical Savonian is talkative, easy-going, jolly and humorous, occasionally even to an offensive excess. Traditionally, the Savonian people have often been considered as "sneaky" and "mendacious." However, recent research has shown that this infamy is largely due to misunderstandings caused by the traditional Savonian social indirectness.

Then add the Ostrobothnian stereotype in the mix:

There are stereotypes that Ostrobothnians are brave, calm and reliable.

And you really get my personality in a nutshell. But I have to add that on a Finnish scale, a Savonian might seem very easy-going, talkative and jolly but for foreign people we're probably still as introverted and quiet as any other Finnish person too :DDD

That "'sneaky' and 'mendacious'" part, I think, points at several Fnnish saying. One of them goes something like "When having a conversation with a Savonian, the listener is in charge." and I'm not sure if it comes across properly in English, but the Finnish version means that if you are not paying attention and really focusing on the conversation, you will easily misunderstand whatever the Savonian is saying, as we love to ramble, but there's also all kinds of other nonsense and pointless stuff between the important points.

Another saying is that a Savonian always says "Suattaapi olla tai suattaapa olla olematta..." which means "Might be or might not be... (who knows.)", and THAT means that you're never really getting a straight, proper answer from a Savonian. That's where another saying, "Crooked like a Savonian.", comes from, I think. Most of these are old sayings that still live and are often used humorously, tho.

But it's really interesting to compare e.g. Savonians and Ostrobothnians to each other because I can see how my mom, whose whole family is from Savo areas, are a lot like that. They rather talk themselves out of situations instead of really facing others when there are disagreements.

But then my dad's side is exactly like that Ostrobothnian stereotype. They are reliable and honest, they have always said what bugs them (often loudly) and none of them has ever been able to just shut up and hide. Unlike my mom's side. Of course this is not JUST the tribes but also what both families have learnt from their ancestors and whatnot, but I still think it's interesting how even the personalities can be this different. I myself lean clearly more to the Ostrobothnian direction.

Loyalty and honesty is the number one priority to me and I have never really liked the Savonian way of not admitting your errors. I saw this a lot at work and schools too, no one admitting doing something when clearly it was one of us. Which is why I often went "Well it surely was not me." which probably sounds stupid because that's what everyone says, but it just felt important to me.

Sometimes I maybe put my coworkers in a bad situation when they started to talk badly about something they did not know I had done, and then I would just go "Well that was actually me." I know it is very embarrassing to talk shit "behind" someone's back and then notice that the person is actually right there in front of you, but for me it was just important to say it out loud. Since it was bothering the person so much, why not discuss is with me face-to-face then? I mean, these things bother me way more if I know something they don't know I know. So I want it out of the way, and cleaning air that way can help. Sometimes I think I did that on purpose as sometimes a coworker might now have been looking for the guilty but just would say something "Who the hell does something like this???" and the face they do when you go "Me :)" lmao (But now I'm also starting to understand why this one particular coworker always seemed to hate me :DDD)

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