die5pezFabrik (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} der5pezialist) wrote,@ 2008-04-02 09:35:00 |
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True Estonians
maybe with exception of two or three - but all the rest 46 is perfect! :DDD
- You use the word 'normal' if something is ok.
- When visiting friends abroad you bring along a box of Kalev chocolate.
- You attended a song festival at least once either as a performer or as a spectator.
- You know that going to the sauna is 80% about networking and 20% about washing
- You are nationalistic about Skype (it is actually an Estonian company)
- 'Kohuke' belongs to your menu
- You declare your taxes on the internet like all modern people
- You actually believed for a while that Latvians had 6 toes per foot when you heard that as a child
- You are convinced that Estonia is very strategically located
- You spent at least one midsummer in Saaremaa, Hiiumaa or one of the smaller islands
- You can quote films like "Viimne reliikvia" and "Siin me oleme"
- You spit three times around your left shoulder for good luck
- Words like "veoauto", "täieõiguslik" or "jää-äär" sound perfectly pronouncable to you
- You like bold statements, such as this one…
- There can never be too much sarcasm
- You can at times drink hot tea to hot food
- You are disappointed that Jaan Kross never got the Nobel prize in literature
- It would not be suprising for English-speakers to find your name naughty (Peep, Tiit, Andres sounds like undress) or hippy (Rein, Rain)
- You have been to Finland
- You say 'Noh' (sounds like NO) even when you speak English, just to confuse people
- You know the lyrics to "Mutionu" and "Rongisõit"
- You would never mistaken Kreisiraadio for a radio station
- You would agree that wife-carrying is a real sport (at least as long as Estonians are winning)
- Your best friend's girlfriend is your English teacher's daughter and they live next door to your grandparents, who were colleagues with your advisor, who is friends with your…
- You think that any beverage below 20% is non-alcoholic
- You check the thermometer before going out
- You look in both directions before crossing the road, even if it's a one-way street
- You grin very mysteriously when people ask about your national food
- You teach a non-Estonian speaker the word "Tänan" before "Aitäh"
- You put ketchup inside your pasta (french-cooked gourmet faire la fine manger pasta) in order to not to get the ketchup-bowl dirty
- You cheated on your wife/husband at least ten times but you still think you're in a good marriage.
- When someone asks you "where is Estonia?" you quickly reply that it's located in Northern Europe close to Finland…
- Your grandmother's "purse" is an old plastic bag that has been reused several times
- Sour cream tastes good with everything
- A foreigner speaks to you in broken horrible Estonian and you go on and on about how wonderful their Estonian is compared to "the Russians'"
- You have ever worn or seen anyone wear "karupüksid" (which means "bear's pants" btw)
- You have heard the phrase "Estonians are slow" at least once
- Kui sa saad aru, mis siia kirjutatud on
- You find yourself continually ignoring the gender in other languages
- You say 'kurat' as at least every second word
- You consider running to the shop at 19.50 on Friday evening to buy some booze, a sport
- You are a true Estonian when you come from Tallinn, because if you are from Tallinn you think Tallinn IS Estonia and that's true of course that Tallinn is Estonia
- When someone says "Estonians are so beautiful" you answer almost without emotions "I know"
- You have tried to explain people that "kauboi" is actually a word in Estonian
- You don't think that terviSEKS is a funny word
- You don't find the Estonian equivalent to the expressions "twelve months", "1002″ and "12 buses" remotely funny
- Even though you never met Toots, Teele and Kiir you know exact what they are like
- You grin when someone you know says that they bought a BMW
- You know how to end the sentence "Kui Arno isaga koolimajja jõudis…"
maybe with exception of two or three - but all the rest 46 is perfect! :DDD
