09-29-2016, 05:54 PM
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All I can get
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Reddit user translates Finnish NHL player names to English
http://www2.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.asp...lish&id=590492
Esa Tikkanen = Dick Wood######
Jyrki Jokkipakka = George Set-of-Rivers!
Last edited by Reggie Dunlop; 09-29-2016 at 05:56 PM.
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09-29-2016, 06:04 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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So what do I call him now? Kevin or George?
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09-29-2016, 06:05 PM
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#3
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All I can get
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
So what do I call him now? Kevin or George?
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George would be more accurate.
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09-29-2016, 06:06 PM
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All I can get
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Thor Quick is a totally awesome name.
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09-29-2016, 06:07 PM
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#5
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Franchise Player
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No Kipper makes me sad
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09-29-2016, 06:09 PM
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#6
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All I can get
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaskal
No Kipper makes me sad
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Found the response
Last edited by Reggie Dunlop; 09-29-2016 at 06:15 PM.
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09-29-2016, 06:28 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Michael Russian Statue
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09-29-2016, 06:48 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Antigonish, NS
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This just shows me how much of a strange, alien, and untranslateable languauge finnish is. ISnt the next closest related language hungarian?
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09-29-2016, 06:51 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Found the response
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Doesn't mean anything in Russian.
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09-29-2016, 07:06 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
Doesn't mean anything in Russian.
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I took a shot. Kip in some south Slavic languages means statue (kipar is a sculptor). I think something like 40 percent of the vocabulary is similar to Russian, so there was a reasonably good chance. 
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Last edited by FlamesAddiction; 09-29-2016 at 09:18 PM.
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09-29-2016, 07:48 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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The only remote association is "kiparis", which means "cypress tree".
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09-29-2016, 08:07 PM
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#12
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All I can get
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
The only remote association is "kiparis", which means "cypress tree".
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So "Mike Cypress" then?
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09-29-2016, 08:09 PM
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All I can get
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 3rd line Grinder
This just shows me how much of a strange, alien, and untranslateable languauge finnish is. ISnt the next closest related language hungarian?
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The Finnish language is basically an explosion at the Alpha-Bits factory.
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09-29-2016, 08:14 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Well there goes a significant amount of mystique and cool-factor down the drain.
To think, the Flames were close to acquiring Tim Ridge at one point. You never really could wash the Oilers stink off of guys like ol' Dick Wood###### or J.R. Skimmedmilk. I was present in the dome last year when Member-of-the-Christophers scored a hat trick against the Flames.
Edit: ...P3cker appears to be censored.
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Last edited by Max Cow Disease; 09-29-2016 at 08:25 PM.
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09-29-2016, 08:27 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
The Finnish language is basically an explosion at the Alpha-Bits factory.
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I once eavesdropped on a Finnish conversation between mikko koivu and kipper. It was quite animated and sounded like a Martian having sex with a malnourished zebra.
They caught me listening then gave me death stares.
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09-29-2016, 08:27 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Well I'm definitely calling Barkov and Jussi Jokinen: Axel Birch and Johnny Rivers. Sounds like an Old West gunslinging duo.
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09-29-2016, 08:32 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
The Finnish language is basically an explosion at the Alpha-Bits factory.
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09-29-2016, 08:43 PM
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All I can get
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Well I'm definitely calling Barkov and Jussi Jokinen: Axel Birch and Johnny Rivers. Sounds like an Old West gunslinging duo.
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Johnny Rivers = Secret Agent Man.
Lives a life of danger.
They've given you a number and taken away your name.
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09-29-2016, 11:13 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sector 7G
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Oh no.... the Oilers have another jesus.
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Jesse Puljujärvi = Jesus Hill-In-A-Lake
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09-30-2016, 05:28 AM
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 3rd line Grinder
This just shows me how much of a strange, alien, and untranslateable languauge finnish is. ISnt the next closest related language hungarian?
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Actually, Estonian is closer, being a Finnic language. The Finnic languages are a subgroup of the Uralics, one of which is Hungarian.
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