Jakylla@sh.itjust.worksM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years agoTo name the Monthsi.imgur.comimagemessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up1826arrow-down115
arrow-up1811arrow-down1imageTo name the Monthsi.imgur.comJakylla@sh.itjust.worksM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square76linkfedilink
minus-squaredatelmd5sum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80·2 years agoFinnish: oak month (or central month if you don’t use current meaning of the word) pearl month ground month clearing the forest of trees for field month planting seed month summer month (or plowing month by original meaning) hay harvesting month grain harvesting month autumn month muddy month death month yule month
minus-squareChariotwheel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up63·2 years agoFinland would have a higher population if they would just get rid of Death Month.
minus-squareAtrabiliousaurus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·2 years agoIt’s just a name, like the Forbidden Month or the Month of No Return, all the months have names like that in the Season of Terror.
minus-squareChariotwheel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 years agoNo, Finland becomes the Purge for a month, ensuring that only the strongest and craftiest Finns survive. If you see an old Finnish person, better respect them. They survived decades of annual battle royals.
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minus-squaresab@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoAs a Scandinavian who wasn’t familiar with Finish month names… Yeah, death month is a much more accurate name than November. Ugh.
minus-squareNowyn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·2 years agoFinnish month names are pretty damn descriptive. Before we had Yule Month we had Winter Month as December.
minus-squareJakylla@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years ago“clearing the forest of trees for field month” Favorite month for Amazon forest
minus-squareNowyn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·2 years agoIt was basically a month when doing slash-and-burn farming slashing and burning happened. Which seems to be August among others today.
minus-squareDAVENP0RT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI’m no farmer, but shouldn’t Planting Seed Month and Plowing Month be swapped? Seems like an ill-advised order of doing things.
minus-squareJackcooper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoBut if you make it thru death month you get to experience Christmas cheer! It’s even colder but pretty lights!!!
Finnish:
oak month (or central month if you don’t use current meaning of the word)
pearl month
ground month
clearing the forest of trees for field month
planting seed month
summer month (or plowing month by original meaning)
hay harvesting month
grain harvesting month
autumn month
muddy month
death month
yule month
Finland would have a higher population if they would just get rid of Death Month.
It’s just a name, like the Forbidden Month or the Month of No Return, all the months have names like that in the Season of Terror.
No, Finland becomes the Purge for a month, ensuring that only the strongest and craftiest Finns survive. If you see an old Finnish person, better respect them. They survived decades of annual battle royals.
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As a Scandinavian who wasn’t familiar with Finish month names… Yeah, death month is a much more accurate name than November. Ugh.
Finnish month names are pretty damn descriptive. Before we had Yule Month we had Winter Month as December.
“clearing the forest of trees for field month”
Favorite month for Amazon forest
It was basically a month when doing slash-and-burn farming slashing and burning happened. Which seems to be August among others today.
I’m no farmer, but shouldn’t Planting Seed Month and Plowing Month be swapped? Seems like an ill-advised order of doing things.
But if you make it thru death month you get to experience Christmas cheer! It’s even colder but pretty lights!!!