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Reply #15 - Dec 28th, 2004 at 7:35pm

JerryO   Offline
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Thatīs the correct answer, eno - well done! Cheesy

"Purjelentokone" is actually a combination of three words: "purje" means a sail, "lento" means flying or a flight and "kone" means a machine, so "lentokone" is the finnish word for "airplane".

Iīd like to know what method did you use to find it out? I mean, I didnīt put up that challenge to brag off or anything like that, but I must admit that I am a bit jealous of all you native english-speakers. You can go just about anywhere on this planet and youīll always get along fine using your own language. So I figured itīs just fair to make you puzzle about a really strange language for once.

For some reason Iīm so curious that I keep studying different languages all the time - I may never learn them so well, but I sure do get good service in all the bars abroad!  Wink

              Multi(?)lingual Jerry

PS. By the way "eno is the finnish word for an uncle from the motherīs side of family.  Wink
 

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