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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on November 23, 2004, 03:28:36 pm

Title: I'm a celebrity - in Finland, at least!
Post by: Sandwich on November 23, 2004, 03:28:36 pm: I've been meaning to post this, but keep on forgetting. A friend of mine interviewed me for an article she was to write for Finland's 2nd largest newspaper. So she interviewed me, sent it in, and it got published and all. I finally got a hold of a scan of the paper, so here it is:

(http://www.brainzipper.com/images/mike-article-finnish-thumb.jpg) (http://www.brainzipper.com/images/mike-article-finnish.jpg)

What's it say? ;)
Title: I'm a celebrity - in Finland, at least!
Post by: Windrunner on November 23, 2004, 03:33:15 pm: congats dude. do you know the name of the newspaper? there are some few finns around here, aybe they can translate it for you. HIG maybe?
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Post by: Lynx on November 23, 2004, 03:34:48 pm: It says, " Don't take any cheques from this guy (photo)":p
Title: I'm a celebrity - in Finland, at least!
Post by: Sandwich on November 23, 2004, 04:04:11 pm: I think Aamulehti is the name... not sure though.
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Post by: Jetmech Jr. on November 23, 2004, 04:06:04 pm: :lol: Thats great!
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Post by: Ghostavo on November 23, 2004, 04:08:39 pm: Congrats, what was the interview for by the way? :nervous:
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Post by: Roanoke on November 23, 2004, 04:27:56 pm: Heh heh, nice one.
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Post by: Taristin on November 23, 2004, 04:30:33 pm: Too bad all the finns are asleep now... :p
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Post by: kode on November 23, 2004, 04:50:54 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Raa
Too bad all the finns are asleep now... :p

I think there are a few that can stay up as late as 0100, which is in 10 minutes.

or maybe they all drank too much and are sleeping under the tables. I heard it's pretty common there.
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Post by: Col. Fishguts on November 23, 2004, 04:54:51 pm: Now...where's Fury when you need him ?
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Post by: Sandwich on November 23, 2004, 05:03:58 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Ghostavo
Congrats, what was the interview for by the way? :nervous:

What was it for?? For her to make some well-needed money? ;)

It was about my life as an American-born Israeli citizen, my army service, living in the much-shot-at Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo (that pic is taken at a bus stop - note the concrete wall behind me, protecting people at the stop from the bullets coming from Beit Jala). That kind of stuff.
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Post by: Ghostavo on November 23, 2004, 05:10:32 pm: About... for... meh... same thing... :nervous:
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Post by: vyper on November 23, 2004, 05:33:20 pm: Nice.
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Post by: Eternal One on November 23, 2004, 05:36:30 pm: Yeah, it's called "Aamulehti", and it's indeed the second largest finnish newspaper. It's publishing is in Tampere, the city where I study.

The title's saying about how military service taught you to appreciate normal life, and how you'll always remember your unreal tour of duty in Jenin. I'd love to translate more to you, but it's 1.30am here and I really need some sleep. :)
Title: Re: I'm a celebrity - in Finland, at least!
Post by: an0n on November 23, 2004, 07:57:57 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich
What's it say? ;)

"IDF relaxes stance on homosexual troops"
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Post by: Flipside on November 23, 2004, 08:05:24 pm: ...........musn't laugh..............
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Post by: Rictor on November 23, 2004, 09:23:55 pm: That was classic.

Nice going Sandwich, you've done us proud.
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Post by: Fury on November 23, 2004, 11:14:18 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Eternal One
Yeah, it's called "Aamulehti", and it's indeed the second largest finnish newspaper. It's publishing is in Tampere, the city where I study.

The title's saying about how military service taught you to appreciate normal life, and how you'll always remember your unreal tour of duty in Jenin. I'd love to translate more to you, but it's 1.30am here and I really need some sleep. :)

That's pretty much what the titles say. I gotta prepare to leave to work so I don't even try to translate the rest. :D
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Post by: Corsair on November 23, 2004, 11:23:03 pm: Cool, man!
Title: I'm a celebrity - in Finland, at least!
Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on November 24, 2004, 12:01:28 am: I suck at translating, so I'll leave it to someone else :p

Now I just have to wonder why is there a "w" instead of "v" in your nick?
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Post by: Fury on November 24, 2004, 12:07:46 am: Indeed, the article says the nick is "Sandvitch" and not "Sandwich" as it is in here. Oddiness. ;)
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Post by: Sandwich on November 24, 2004, 12:16:35 am: As for the nick... hehehe. My nick in the army was indeed "Sandwich"... actually, more like a drawling "Sah-which" (Adi Avitan didn't like the "d"). In Hebrew, that's unusual because the correct pronunciation is "sandvich".

So when I decided to adopt that as my online nickname, username, etc, I had to use "Sandvich" (the unusual form from an english-speaker's POV) in a number of places where "Sandwich" was already taken. But here... ;)
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Post by: FireCrack on November 24, 2004, 12:26:41 am: ^
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Thank you, now i finaly know why i pronounce it sandvich, i dont speak hebrew myself but my mother does so i guess it kinda inhereted onto me
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Post by: Setekh on November 24, 2004, 06:07:14 am: Dude, that's freaking cool. :D
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Post by: Gortef on November 24, 2004, 06:59:34 am: Bloody...! I missed that one. Damn (this is what happens when you don't order the paper >_>)
23th September, wonder if the library still has it somewhere.

Nice one, I gotta read it. ^^
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Post by: deep_eyes on November 25, 2004, 09:01:47 am: i think somewhere in there it said, "Sandvich" lol
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Post by: Make on November 25, 2004, 12:13:16 pm: Quote
Originally posted by kode

or maybe they all drank too much and are sleeping under the tables. I heard it's pretty common there.

Yeah, it happens sometimes.
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Post by: Knight Templar on November 25, 2004, 12:23:25 pm: Sweet, a caption thread!

"Israel's cocaine and marijuana sales and abuse on the rise"
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Post by: Styxx on November 25, 2004, 12:39:06 pm: Congrats on your fifteen minutes. ;)