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  1. We use this "where pepper grows" in Finnish as...

    We use this "where pepper grows" in Finnish as well: "sinne/siellä missä pippuri kasvaa". ("sinne" denotes movement, "siellä" denotes location.)

    I think "Timbuktu" may be used as well.
  2. Poll: Finnish: the main difference is in east-west...

    Finnish: the main difference is in east-west direction but really, north and south also matter a lot. The following is from Wikipedia:
    105424

    Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (mauve) are different...
  3. Seems very likely to be a German name originally....

    Seems very likely to be a German name originally. It's right at the modern border of Germany and Czech Republic, too. "Dorf" means 'village' in German.


    "Smyrna" or "Smyrne" was the old Greek...
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    How do you calculate the number of "words" in a...

    How do you calculate the number of "words" in a language? "Words" can be formed in many different ways, depending on language: derivation, compounding, blending, calque (loan translation from another...
  5. Some Finnish examples. It's true short names can...

    Some Finnish examples. It's true short names can fall more easily together with foreign names or other words. Then there are plenty of Swedish names in Finnish, which are, naturally enough, actual...
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    Roman. My handle here gives hint about what name...

    Roman. My handle here gives hint about what name that is! Confidens Wikipedia:
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    My father died at 88. I don't know of any direct...

    My father died at 88. I don't know of any direct ancestor older than 95.
    Several paternal ancestors lived to more than 90; for example my father's father's father's father died when he was 93, and...
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    *Lapland, Finland, since 1600s *Karelia, Finland...

    *Lapland, Finland, since 1600s
    *Karelia, Finland (the part that was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1945), the previous generation had come from Savonia
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    I didn't see Finnish here. They aren't from...

    I didn't see Finnish here. They aren't from Latin:
    1. tammikuu
    2. helmikuu
    3. maaliskuu
    4. huhtikuu
    5. toukokuu
    6. kesäkuu
    7. heinäkuu
    8. elokuu
    9. syyskuu
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