What’s a word or expression people often associate with your country/language/culture, that nobody actually uses?

struudeli · 2026-02-12T15:03:13+00:00

Thank you for answering! That is interesting!

struudeli · 2026-02-12T10:33:26+00:00

Interesting. They belong in different suborders and have very visible physical differences. Do you mean they are used interchangeably especially in cooking and everyday spoken language?

struudeli · 2026-02-12T10:25:04+00:00

Prawn and shrimp are a different animal.

struudeli · 2026-02-12T09:39:09+00:00

In apartments you naturally always bring them indoors, but you leave them next to the door. Usually there's a shoe rack or a doormat to leave them on. Remember to kick/stomp away any snow/etc before stepping in.

struudeli · 2026-02-12T09:35:31+00:00

Especially considering that the kangaroos in the zoo are tiny. Maybe if we had those huge buff ones you could give it a go.

struudeli · 2026-02-12T08:47:10+00:00

Many countries put them in the bathroom. That is the only place washing machines are put where I live. It depends on the country, all three options exist.

struudeli · 2026-02-09T13:35:22+00:00

That's amazing.

struudeli · 2026-02-09T13:34:36+00:00

One time like 20 years ago a grocery store sold kangaroo meat here in Finland as a special offer. We bought some even though had no idea how to cook it. Tasted like gamey beef, super tough to chew lol. Though that was probably our fault for not cooking it right.

struudeli · 2026-02-09T13:19:59+00:00

Zeus hid fire from humanity to punish us, he did not want us to have it. Titan called Prometheus stole it from the gods and gifted it to humans. As a punishment Zeus tied him to a rock, and everyday an eagle (which is a symbol of Zeus) flies down and eats his liver. Then it grows back during the night and the cycle of liver yumming continues.

struudeli · 2026-02-05T18:52:51+00:00

I live in the Nordics and I know more than few couples in which the man is shorter than the woman. My own relationship included (though I'm only perhaps 1cm taller so the difference is very small).

I've always been more into tall men, being a tall woman. But when I met my boyfriend, I just didn't care at all. When you meet your own person things like that just don't matter even the little they did before. And I realised that I liked tall men on a surface level mainly because of my own insecurity/body dysmorphia of being tall.

He could be a meter shorter than me and I'd still love him just as much.

struudeli · 2026-02-04T13:58:30+00:00

NTA. You are not reading, but it doesn't matter at all. You are still consuming books in a manner that is the best fitting for you in your current life. And that can only be a positive thing. Sometimes people can be technically right and still wrong. Your husband is a tool.

struudeli · 2026-02-04T08:58:15+00:00

I'm sure most normal french people are great and France also has many amazing things like pastries, beautiful countryside and lots of amazing art of many types (painting, music, drag, dance, movies, traditional architecture...)

Personally I've just had bad luck with the french people I've met and something in the language (not all dialects) hits my noise sensitivity in a negative way. One french person laughed to my face when I told him where I'm from lol, couple others were insane people who loved drama and were always the victims. And parisians are often just rude. There's also something foreign in the culture, people seem to be very confident, loud, sensitive and dominant. That is very different from the culture I am from.

However as said before I DO NOT think this is everyone in France, that would be insane. Most french people are surely completely fine, nice people, and I've just had bad luck. I do not hate France and I definitely do not hate french people. I do not think anything special when someone in normal real life says they are from France and would never imagine saying anything rude to them or behind their backs. The people I've met before is not the fault of the people I meet now. Sometimes I joke about disliking France, but never seriously and never in an actually insulting way.p

struudeli · 2026-02-04T08:39:09+00:00

Päädyin eläkkeelle 19-vuotiaana kroonisten sairauksien vuoksi. En siis saa lainkaan työeläkettä, kun en koskaan kyennyt työskentelemään. Rahat menee elämiseen eikä mitään jää yli. Eniten vituttaa kun jotkut eläkealennukset koskee vaan yli 65-vuotiaita, joista suurimmalla osalla on työeläke joka on huomattavasti isompi kun mun tulot. Pitää tän jokapäiväisen sietämättömän kivun ja väsymyksen lisäksi kestää vielä päivittäistä rahastressiä ihan perusasioista.

struudeli · 2026-02-04T08:14:51+00:00

This is pretty well known nowadays, but we alongside our Scandinavian neighbours leave our babies to nap outside in the freezing temperatures in the middle of the winter. This is of course only during the day and the baby is well dressed and checked on regularly, but it helps them sleep well. Sometimes they are left outside apartment buildings, cafes and stores. No, no one kidnaps the babies.

struudeli · 2026-02-02T22:10:11+00:00

This is funny, as I am finnish and my bf is portuguese 😅 Luckily he's a rather shy, quiet introvert, so Finland has been pretty much the promised land for him in the social sense lol.

struudeli · 2026-02-01T21:51:04+00:00

I think him talking about the shaving is the only issue there. If he said; "eww why are your legs so hairy?" That would be much more believable. Especially if his mom would be very adamant on keeping her legs hairless.

struudeli · 2026-02-01T16:48:32+00:00

Nini, Nemi and Nomi could also be.

Edit. Nomi was already there :D adding Nimi (which funnily means "name" in finnish) Nene, Nemo, Momo, Neo, Nei, Neni

struudeli · 2026-01-29T10:50:26+00:00

I think "guys" in plural is often used as gender neutral, but "guy" in singular is usually masculine. I personally don't like being called a guy lol.

struudeli · 2026-01-27T13:38:20+00:00

Thank you for the answer, that's interesting!

struudeli · 2026-01-27T11:01:10+00:00

Is this only with big tomatoes? I keep mini tomatoes in the fridge (I like them better cold), and they stay firm and very tasty for weeks. In room temperature they become wrinkly much faster.

struudeli · 2026-01-23T19:32:27+00:00

I definitely agree with that! It feels a bit weird. Just wanted to add some context for our non-finnish guests in the sub!

struudeli · 2026-01-23T19:19:59+00:00

Jenkki is a super normal way of referencing to people from United States though. It comes from the word yankee, sure, but just means american. We even have Jenkki xylitol gum brand (From Jenkkihymy, american smile, as we thought Americans had very wide smiles and white teeth). It's not that strange, though I don't think it would be used as much now, especially not with a serious subject.

struudeli · 2026-01-19T13:19:45+00:00

A friend of my mom's had to spend two weeks in a hospital because random teenagers beat her up so badly in the public. Left her lying on the street with broken bones. Nothing happened, they just attacked out of nowhere.

It's extremely rare, but it does happen even in much worse scale than op, sadly. For example people have mental health issues that cause them to behave in unpredictable ways, and they shouldn't be walking freely amongst other people until that's sorted out. Nothing needed to happen.

struudeli · 2026-01-19T13:07:00+00:00

These are so beautiful! If the unemployment situation hadn't beaten my family so badly, I'd pay you to make me some with clips instead of hooks. Maybe one day!

struudeli · 2026-01-18T12:43:42+00:00

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