1.4.2010 3:07, Mme. Anaïs ^..^ kirjoitti:
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:32:10 +0300, Christine BA's
nimble, little paws typed:

Thank you for liking us, that's nice to know.
Finnish is already spelled as it is said, at least by Finnish spelling
and pronounciation standards, so I wouldn't know how to make it into a
meowchat anyway...

{human} I've seen your postings on Facebook, and
Finnish looks really complicated! Do you use the
same alphabet as english or is Facebook rendering
it that way?

Does "Laku" mean something besides a name?

Yes, we use the same alphabet as English, plus the "umlauts" - ä = a
with dots, ö = o with dots, and the Swedish å = a with a tiny o on top.
My Tunisian husband totally agrees that Finnish is very complicated.
He's been taking Finnish classes since the beginning of February, two
months now, and he often complains he doesn't understand anything... But
he's getting along nicely, he's just too harsh with himself.

"Laku" is an abbreviation of "lakritsa", which is licorice in Finnish.
And if you have looked at my pics of him you know why.

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Christine in Finland
christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com