tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post4932344108579957197..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: heljo mändGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-67583849475124990252008-06-01T15:13:00.000+03:002008-06-01T15:13:00.000+03:00The estonians never say "shave". Instead "Ajan oma...The estonians never say "shave". Instead "Ajan oma habeme ära." 'Drive one's beard away.'tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069892577821753238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-16243753354745941682008-06-01T05:48:00.000+03:002008-06-01T05:48:00.000+03:00That's a nice thought. :). Maybe someone can creat...That's a nice thought. :). Maybe someone can create a field of study on children's literature like Joseph Campbell did for Greek Myths.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-30923746551219033752008-05-31T20:49:00.000+03:002008-05-31T20:49:00.000+03:00Just 20 years ago enourmous research institutes we...Just 20 years ago enourmous research institutes were working on Lenin's writings, which supposed to give humankind instructions for the next millennium. I think we can find researchers to discover wisdom in children books too, with sufficient funding.Estonia in World Media (Rus)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13791711276337826586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-55338439444797282562008-05-31T17:12:00.000+03:002008-05-31T17:12:00.000+03:00"La:hme" and "lehma" were always a hilarious malap..."La:hme" and "lehma" were always a hilarious malapropism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-44914952270315216012008-05-31T14:27:00.000+03:002008-05-31T14:27:00.000+03:00Theoretically they're supposed to sound like the a...Theoretically they're supposed to sound like the actual noise. Someone says "vurr" and you immediately look around the room to see where the top is spinning.<BR/><BR/>Aparently it doesn't really work. <BR/><BR/>Estonians would also have us believe that everyone sneezes in an incredibly effete way (atsihh).Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394211030848077681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-84396286703618024132008-05-31T12:44:00.000+03:002008-05-31T12:44:00.000+03:00Well, actually 'vurr' is something like a children...Well, actually 'vurr' is something like a children's gyroscope (really don't know the exact term in English).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076822279861048442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-17680904607997927902008-05-31T11:02:00.000+03:002008-05-31T11:02:00.000+03:00Kristopher,What's really hard is distinguishing be...Kristopher,<BR/><BR/>What's really hard is distinguishing between made-up words and real words, especially in poetry. Poets are always throwing in words like "vurr vurr" or "kärr kärr". But look them up in the dictionary and you'll find no definitions.Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-50730608226696023132008-05-31T02:29:00.000+03:002008-05-31T02:29:00.000+03:00reading this just makes me want to learn estonian ...reading this just makes me want to learn estonian even more... though i've got no chance. sigh.klxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02756387772020517484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-68990552965758272012008-05-30T21:51:00.000+03:002008-05-30T21:51:00.000+03:00I wanted to add that when I came back in 1993, spo...I wanted to add that when I came back in 1993, spoken Estonian left me more than a little baffled. I grew up speaking what I thought was Estonian at home. I guess I was used to 1930s accents. Going to the theatre was really hopeless, with the reverb and the weird exaggerated diction, I could understand maybe 10%. So I think you have nothing to worry about (not that you seemed worried)Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394211030848077681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-86842764820315944892008-05-30T18:28:00.000+03:002008-05-30T18:28:00.000+03:00We have a kid who never says "vaatab telekat" (wat...We have a kid who never says "vaatab telekat" (watching TV), he says "passib telkut", which he has picked up from parroting his mom. <BR/><BR/>It seems that there is always a more colouful way of saying anything in Estonian, like a whole parallel language, and I think a lot of it comes from kidspeak.<BR/><BR/>You have slang in English, too, but it's different -- "the tube" seems to be more informed by science, like it came down from engineer jargon or something, it doesn't have the same innocent quality.<BR/><BR/>In Estonian, for one thing, you've got these diminutives in use, and adults use them too, like "lähme Levikasse" (let's go to Levist Väljas -- the Tallinn Zavood), lähme plaadikale ("let's go to the record market").Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394211030848077681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-76720396167995894652008-05-30T16:52:00.000+03:002008-05-30T16:52:00.000+03:00You have Dr. Seuss, now my children are infected b...You have Dr. Seuss, now my children are infected by his writing. And the Dr. dedicated his life to this kind of literature. It is not the worsed thing to do.Jens-Olafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304784095687896639noreply@blogger.com