Comments on: Känkkäränkkäpäivä http://www.thisux.com/2006/03/21/knkkrnkkpiv/ by Matt Henderson, since 2003 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:02:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JMTeehttp://www.thisux.com/2006/03/21/knkkrnkkpiv/comment-page-1/#comment-292 JMTee Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:13:38 +0000 http://matt.makalumedia.com/?p=211#comment-292 <p>Alright... it was a indeed a surprise to see 'Känkkäränkkäpäivä' written on this site, but since that has been some days ago, I hope that it has already passed ;-)</p><p>Carlos: it must be 'ääntämismääritelmässäkään' - you missed one 'n' at the end, but it is forgivable in the case of non-native speaker :-)</p><p>Javier Marti: yes, that is right, a bad day especially for children when nothing is right. This originates indeed from a children's song where the witch, which actually causes the day to be bad, is called 'Känkkäränkkä'. 'Päivä' at the end means 'day'.</p><p>'Rokulipäivä' is a slang word for a day-off from work, and more precisely in the case where the one taking 'rokulipäivä' has not informed it in advance.</p><p>Hope I have been of help in clarifying the use of these very essential and useful Finnish expressions.</p> Alright… it was a indeed a surprise to see ‘Känkkäränkkäpäivä’ written on this site, but since that has been some days ago, I hope that it has already passed ;-)

Carlos: it must be ‘ääntämismääritelmässäkään’ – you missed one ‘n’ at the end, but it is forgivable in the case of non-native speaker :-)

Javier Marti: yes, that is right, a bad day especially for children when nothing is right. This originates indeed from a children’s song where the witch, which actually causes the day to be bad, is called ‘Känkkäränkkä’. ‘Päivä’ at the end means ‘day’.

‘Rokulipäivä’ is a slang word for a day-off from work, and more precisely in the case where the one taking ‘rokulipäivä’ has not informed it in advance.

Hope I have been of help in clarifying the use of these very essential and useful Finnish expressions.

]]> By: Javier Martihttp://www.thisux.com/2006/03/21/knkkrnkkpiv/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Javier Marti Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:07:19 +0000 http://matt.makalumedia.com/?p=211#comment-290 <p>Matt, a finish colleague tells me that Känkkäränkkäpäivä is a slang word that means bad day! But also is the name a witch in a children song.....</p><p>Rokulipäivä seems to be better word, but not the day after!</p> Matt, a finish colleague tells me that Känkkäränkkäpäivä is a slang word that means bad day! But also is the name a witch in a children song…..

Rokulipäivä seems to be better word, but not the day after!

]]> By: Carloshttp://www.thisux.com/2006/03/21/knkkrnkkpiv/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Carlos Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:01:26 +0000 http://matt.makalumedia.com/?p=211#comment-289 <p>ääntämismääritelmässäkää!</p> ääntämismääritelmässäkää!

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