Thus Spoke Tero
A semi-philosophical, cultural-anthropological blog with a sociological twist
10/25/2017
Finnish Peculiarities, Part II: “Pakkopulla”
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This is the second installment of the short series of posts about peculiar, hardly translatable Finnish words that I introduced in the previ...
10/20/2017
Lost in Translation; or, Finnish Peculiarities: “Löyly”
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It would be an understatement, really, to say that language is a powerful tool of thought and reason. More to the point, language creates (h...
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6/06/2017
No, That Is Not What Kalsarikännit Means
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Like most Finns, I was pleased to hear that the Finnish term kalsarikännit got hyped recently in social media, and in some more tradition...
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5/09/2017
The Problem with Pop Music These Days (and a Really Good Finnish Term to Capture It with)
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I am not someone who you could reasonably describe as a “music enthusiast.” Over the past decade or so I haven’t bought more than maybe...
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