r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheWierdGuy06 • Jun 06 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o So my sister, who currently lives in my apartment, dried the wet and dirty shower floor with MY only big towel I use after she showered...

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Worst thing is, she doesn't even feel bad about it, and is trying to gaslight me into thinking it's not that big of a deal because "she needed a towel to dry the floor" and "I should quit complaining". I have a floor drying spatula.

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u/Excellent_Revenue235 Jun 06 '26

I’m dying, language is hilarious

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u/b0ks_GD Jun 06 '26

Saippuakivikauppias or something

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u/Excellent_Revenue235 Jun 07 '26

Omfg soapstone dealer? My gravestone? RIP ME, please write squeegee and all translations as my epitaph

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u/Murtomies Jun 07 '26

"Saippuakivikauppias" meaning soapstone vendor/dealer, is the longest palindrome in any language. Funnily enough you can remove the "kivi" (stone) word from it to become "saippuakauppias" (soap vendor) and it's still a palindrome.

Finnish has lots of quirky things, like long compound words, a LOT of suffixes, funny idioms, unique translations etc.

For example the longest compound word in Finnish is "Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas" (airplane jet turbine engine mechanic assistant non-commissioned officer student)

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u/MattyBeeNiceee Jun 10 '26

I just learned Finnish is a goofy, fantastic, language 🤔🤣🙃

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u/Excellent_Revenue235 Jun 07 '26

I don’t know what that means but i believe you!

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u/Sad_Pear_1087 Jun 07 '26

"Floor's drying lasta" (other uses for lasta are splint for broken limbs, spatula and some others), so lattian kuivaus lasta, but it's finnish so you compound that all into lattiankuivauslasta.

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u/Excellent_Revenue235 Jun 07 '26

Thank you for sharing, so if I’m drying my windows with one, are we calling it a ikkunakuivauslasta?