This one isn’t in plaintext this time. I learned from last time that there are issues displaying plaintext on a phone, where there isn’t any guarantee of 80 available columns. I thought that wasn’t a tall order, but it turns out, it is.

Also, I really wanted links.

And I’m sorry I was so late in posting this. I have trouble finishing things…

  • etuomaalaOPEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    I was in Finland for two and a half months and hardly ever saw brands other than the dominant ones I mentioned. But I suppose I wasn’t keeping careful track, so my statistics may be subject to confirmation bias. Hey, maybe next time I’m in Finland, I’ll keep a tally.

    “Ltd. Lock Ltd.”. Well, I guess that explains the origin.

    How do Finns typically pronounce it, though? The “oy” diphthong really rubs my Finnish phonology gland the wrong way. I keep wanting to pronounce it “ablöy”, like “löytää”.

    • WalopEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      It’s impossible to pronounce like it is written, so people just say “abloi” and even the b may tense up to p since the former isn’t a part of finnish and comes up only in loan words.