![]() This one refers to something that, at least historically, didn't These guys probably skipped the suojakänni and are now deep in You're getting defensive drunk today to ward off problems tomorrow. It's this tactic that's known as suojakänni: ![]() Way, you'll be able to handle more alcohol tomorrow, and you won't get So the brilliant trick is that you get drunk today! That Going to get a little too drunk at the party. Going to some kind of party tomorrow, and you're worried that you're This literally means "defensive drunk" and the idea is that you're Magic without you having to buy anything expensive. Once inside, the vodka in your stomach will work its ![]() The Finns, of course, have solved this problem: bring vodka inĪ bottle, chug it all down just before you get to the bar (bottom theīottle), throw away the bottle, and enter the bar before you have time The problem with this method is that the bars usually haveīouncers, and so you might not get in if they see you're alreadyĭrunk. The naïve way to approach this is to get drunk at home, then go to So what to do? You drinkĮnough before going to the bar, so that you only have to buy a couple You're saying "bottoming." It refers to a money-saving tactic.ĭrinking in bars is expensive, in part because of the alcohol taxes,īut you still want to go to the bar, and be drunk in the bar, but youĭon't want to buy a lot of drinks there. "Pohja" literally means "bottom", and here it has been verbed, so The Finns blame the inevitable taxiĭid this guy, heading into the Sahtikrouvin bar in Hartola, Laskuhumalat is considered bad, because it makes people fractiousĪnd likely to get into arguments. Purpose, but if you start running out of money or something to drink Not a complete stop toĭrinking, but drinking too slowly, so that the level of alcohol in "Lasku" means downhill run, so this is the opposite: "downhill runĭrunk," having a falling level of intoxication. Really badly you'll find you're on the laskuhumalat, which is even If you get off the nousuhuamalat you're likely to get tired andĭispirited, and ruin the mood, which is frowned upon. Seen as a gradual, evenly rising alcohol amount of alcohol in the Parties as people fall asleep, start vomiting, and so on. Note that it does not meanīeing as drunk as possible, which of course tends to cut off the We're about to get a rocket start on the nousuhuamalat atįrom "nousu", uphill run, and "humalat", drunk, meaning a gradually Literally, "deep in the forest where nobody So "tears of the deep forest spruce" is actually a brilliant termįor Finnish moonshine. Inside the metal tubes of the still, and slowly drips out, rather like When you distil liquor, the alcohol condenses Shelter the still underneath a big spruce. "Kuusen" is spruce, a very common tree in Finland. Illegal still, and it was quite common to do just that. This was of course an excellent place to hide an "Korpi" means a remote part of the forest, far from any house or ![]() Literal meaning of the word, which is something like "tears of theĭeep forest spruce." It's a very poetic term, since it is both The Finns clarified that it still counts as kalsarikänni if you'reĪ slang expression for moonshine, illegally produced strong liquor, Underwear, and "känni" means drunk, so it's literally Home in your underwear with no intention of going out." "Kalsari" is Suojakänni mean?" and got responses that matched what I'd been told. Tested a couple of them on random Finns, asking things like "what does These are real, Finnish words that Finnish people know and use. You'll just have to imagine that part.īefore I begin I need to make it clear that this is not a joke. Sadly, the fantastic sound of spoken Finnish gets lost For maximum effect their lines should be spoken inįinnish-accented Swedish, delivered in a slow, bass voice enunciatingĮvery letter carefully and distinctly, heavily rolling every 'r'. Told about the Finns, who by convention must be named Pekka and Swedes, but there is a separate genre of drinking jokes. In Norway the standard jokes about stupid people are told about the Here is a little dictionary of theseĭrinking terms, collected on an expedition through the FinnishĬountryside in the summer of 2018, hunting for Finnish traditional Know the Finns that they have lots of specialized words for different You know how the Inuit supposedly have dozens of specialized wordsįor different kinds of snow? It comes as no surprise to people who Mug of sahti, Finnish farmhouse ale, brewed with hot rocks A small dictionary of Finnish drinking words
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