Some Finns coming for our 4th time, looking for Kazbus Krew

PetriWessman · Post by **PetriWessman** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:15 am

Hi all, my wife and I are coming to BM for our fourth time now (second was our honeymoon :D ) along with two other Finns, looking forward to it once again even though attending BM from the other side of the globe is a bitch logistics-wise.

I'm trying to get in touch with the Kazbus Krew (some of them formerly also known as Beehive), ideally Lucky or Maurice. We'd love to get in touch with them again this year, but neither of the two emails I have seem to work nowadays and Kazbus wasn't listed on the theme camp list for this year.

If anyone has some contact info or pointers, please PM me (or post here)!

-Petri & Janka

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:46 am

tere homikust...........

PetriWessman · Post by **PetriWessman** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:04 am

[quote="ygmir"]tere homikust...........[/quote]

Not sure what that was, but it's not Finnish :) Estonian maybe?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:44 pm

yeah, Estonian......I know most Finns understand, and, some words are similar.......just doin my best to say "hi".........or, "good morning" to be exact.....(IIRC), it's been a long time since I was there.......

PetriWessman · Post by **PetriWessman** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:04 am

ygmir wrote:yeah, Estonian......I know most Finns understand, and, some words are similar.......just doin my best to say "hi".........or, "good morning" to be exact.....(IIRC), it's been a long time since I was there.......

Yup (and "hi" you you too!

)

Yes, Finns and Estonians tend to understand each other to *some* degree. Many words are the same and simple stuff usually gets through. But on the other hand, there are lots of "false friends". For example, the word "halpa" means "cheap" in Finnish but "bad / low-quality" in Estonian... making for confusion when shopping, for example

In what you said, "tere" sounds like a greeting ("terve!" is an informal greeting in Finnish), but "homikust" rings no bells. Sounds Estonian, though.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:34 am

PetriWessman wrote:For example, the word "halpa" means "cheap" in Finnish but "bad / low-quality" in Estonian... making for confusion when shopping, for example

In English, an alternate definition for "cheap" is "low quality."

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:51 am

theCryptofishist wrote:
PetriWessman wrote:For example, the word "halpa" means "cheap" in Finnish but "bad / low-quality" in Estonian... making for confusion when shopping, for example
In English, an alternate definition for "cheap" is "low quality."

Hey, I resemble that remark.

I might be cheap....

but I am not bad or low-quality.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:17 am

wedeliver wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:
PetriWessman wrote:For example, the word "halpa" means "cheap" in Finnish but "bad / low-quality" in Estonian... making for confusion when shopping, for example
In English, an alternate definition for "cheap" is "low quality."
Hey, I resemble that remark.

I might be cheap....

but I am not bad or low-quality.

Then any resemblance to my remark is just passing.