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

From:M. Å. <moriquende@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 26, 2002, 22:10
>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 --- -M. Å. (quack) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.