I Blame frostious

[gothwalk]

Several times over the last couple of weeks, I've gone through a list of traditional Christmas dishes in my head, mentally ticking off things for acquiring or ignoring. We've spent a good number of Christmases in Finland, so things like maksalaatikko and rosolli join turkey, mince pies and sprouts on the list on in my head. I am a little bemused, though, to find that lasagne has snuck onto my mental roll-call of Traditional Christmas Food.

Comments

[juuro.livejournal.com]

Rosolli without the herring for me, please. And most definitely lanttulaatikko must be included.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

That too. Although I've never woken up at night thinking "Mmm, turnips" the same way I have done thinking "Mmm, liver" after the experience of maksalaatikko.

Head explody

[microgirl.livejournal.com]

Finns should be banned from using k's. And there's bound to be a Vowel Protection League somewhere that should be informed of their activities

:P

Re: Head explody

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

I think if you look at English, you'll find that we cheat and use a hard c in many, many places. Besides, the double consonants are split across syllables, which makes a lot more sense that our long consonants.

Actually, as English speakers, we're not in a position to comment on any other language...