Re: linguistic "flavours" (was Re: Missing Words)

>From: Keith Gaughan <kgaughan@...>
> > >BTW, what do your initials "M.Å." stand for?
> > >You are Finnish, right?
> >
> > Right.
> > Maija Åstrand; the Swedish surname comes from finlandssvenska
> > part of my
> > family. My grandfather spoke not a word of Finnish, or so I've heard.
>
>So you're part of the legendary `duck pond'?
:D
No, I'm just a very finnishized "ugly duckling". I myself have learned my
Duckish mostly at school.

...Honestly I've never noticed any sign of duck-pondedness in my
Swedish-speaking relatives. Well, who knows. "Never trust a conspirancy." ;P


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-M. Å. (quack)

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