Reacting to Finnish sayings: sauna edition

[@timomastosalo]

That phrase about päreet also shows how awkward translating is sometimes: päre was a very basic Finnish word during the mainly farming era of Finland (of 2-3k years), because the country is located inside a forest basically. So there are loads and loads and loads of stuff made from wood. Päre is a thin wooden strip, yeah - let's say 'shingle' is one suitable word for it in English, because one of the major uses of päre, shingle, was/is to make roof from them. It's that roof covering which looks like made of wooden scales. Just päre was used for many other things as well in Finland: before electricity and gas lamps they were used as 'lamps' also - because one päre burns relatively long, and gives enough light you can do some indoors chores in it's light, like carve furniture or weave clothes.

[@lennypearl]

2:26 When I did Juha Vuorinen's Juoppohullun päiväkirja in English (Totally Samshed! The Hangover Diaries vol. 1), I translated kalsarikännit as "boxer boozing" ;-)

[@VeryFinnishProblems]

Lol! That's brilliant! Love the alliteration. So you translated them? I've heard of the books but not read any of them. They're non-fiction, right?

[@lennypearl]

@@VeryFinnishProblems Oh, it's a very fictional series of novels, but there's always a bit of truth to fiction! :-P The character is pretty raunchy, and yes drunk and/or hungover 99% of the time! I did the first one at the end of 2015 and it was released April 2017. I did the second one, but it hasn't been released yet.

[@moppi6]

boxer boozing sounds like drinking with mike tyson

[@helenakoivisto4459]

Well, now the Finnish phrases were well explained!

[@Memes-XD]

3:20 "netflix and chill" get ready for Sauna and Fauna

[@Smirgelius]

Underpants drunk doesn't need to be done alone. It can be done with friends too, but really casually and without an intention to go out.

[@VeryFinnishProblems]

Really? What so an everyone laying around in their pants party? 🍻😀

[@Smirgelius]

@@VeryFinnishProblems It doesn't have to be literally in underpants. And it's not so much a party if you just get pants drunk with a couple of close friends. Sauna might be involved though. So then if actually putting underpants on after sauna, it's about putting some clothes on instead of taking clothes off. :)

[@PaiviProject]

Hihiii this is true. Now I know where the tuhannen pillun pareet came from. Kiitos ja hyvaa kesan jatkoa sinne Suomeen 💗

[@Sir_Baddington]

tuhannen pillun päreet is an estimation of size of the tree before it is logged or made in to 1000 wooden strips.

[@kasperjoonatan6014]

3:14 that "ooohh" 💖

[@noddyniner8342]

If someone asked me to go behind the sauna I'd think it was some "hot" action :)

[@stoner84x]

The phrase "lauantaisin saunan jälkeen" can allso mean the lack of sex in the relationship and doesn't always mean that actually every Saturday you'll have a chance😕

[@MsWill813]

Lauantaisin saunan jälkeen pimeessä peiton alla. Vanilla sex.

[@Kurahaara86]

So, could we even get this guy behind the sauna anymore, or should we take up sniper positions around "the" tori?

[@jarmopaakkonen2045]

More into tyttöjen saunailta, on a saturday 🤭🥴

[@Northernliiights]

They only time you should go behind the saunu if they ask, is if a girl is doing it.

[@VeryFinnishProblems]

That sounds like very wise advice :)

[@MsWill813]

As a Finnish woman I will tell you, don't. Unless you are tired of living ofcourse

[@Northernliiights]

@@MsWill813 You could say she sucked the life out of me.

[@jk1886jk]

@@Northernliiights You could say you only getting murdered

[@Northernliiights]

Mä elän vieläkin

[@AatiNiiranen]

What about the karelian saying "hintit löyhähti". It means something like, weaklings got roasted. Or something

[@izzardclips9350]

I wouldn't have thought that being honest about your drinking habits if they're a bit problematic is much of a thing anywhere in the world. The more you know :)

[@svendahlsten3132]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@sasys8n]

Well they do make sense if you know finnish language..

[@VeryFinnishProblems]

Skk Yeah, but ask a 100 English people what these translated sayings mean and you’d probably a hundred pairs of shrugged shoulders. 😀

[@AwesomeAIinAction]

Damn there is some weird shit going on there!!!