Hi Antti-Pekka, I know this is a hell of a cheek but if you have the time could you take a look at my Finnish pages and if you see any glaring mistakes let me know? Especially the technical words. We were a bit worried about part IV in particular.
Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: July 31, 2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antti-Pekka Virjonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 10:17 AM Subject: Re: Puking Euphemisms (WAS: please comment) > At 07:36 15.8.2003 +0200, you wrote: > >William Robb: > > > >>> My wife was driving (my) car back from the cabin one day and had this > >>> encounter with a moose, I couldn't believe the damage to my car, or how my > >>> wife survived. She is 5'2" and I am 6'2", I would have been decapitated, > >>> somehow she managed to get below the dash level and survived. > >> > >>I have heard that a bull moose can weigh in at close to a tonne, and a cow > >>just a few hundred kilos lighter. > > > >A friend of mine hit a moose a couple of weeks ago with a van. > >Had it been a smaller car she probably wouldn't live today. > > > > http://mail2url.smalltalk.se/20030726-220203-2.jpg > > http://mail2url.smalltalk.se/20030726-220203-1.jpg > > If anyone remembers I told almost 2 years back we'd hit one with > our 4x4 Mitsubishi Pajero. Back then I think I called the thing > an elk but now that I know better I prolly should have explained it > to our American friends as moose ;-) > > ... > In http://experiencewyoming.com/wildlife.elk-moose.htm: > "If you're from the United States , there is no confusion between elk and moose. > Moose are the bigger ones with the big flat antlers that are loners and eat > water plants. Elk are just a tad smaller and have antlers that look like > tree branches and they hang around in herds grazing. No problem. > > But the animal we call moose (Alces alces) in the U.S. is called an elk in Europe. > And scientists refer to our elk (Cervus elaphus) as Wapiti (a native American term) > to avoid confusion. So, if you are from Europe be sure to point at the animal you > know as an elk and call it a moose. > > The important thing is that elk and moose know who they are. > And they are rarely confused about the issue. " > ... > > In any case, all this talk has opened some dreadful memories of > the accident, especially since the hunting season is close and > the elk (US: moose, Finnish: Hirvi) are starting to run more wildly > once again... So, everyone living in danger areas please drive careful > and drop your speed when you see the warning sign. > > I don't think we have "the US elk" over here but the smaller ones we have > are reindeer, deer and white-tailed deer (I hope these names are > correctly understood in all parts of the world ;-). > > Antti-Pekka > > --- > * Antti-Pekka Virjonen * Fiskarsinkatu 7 D * GSM: +358 500 789 753 * > * Computec Oy Turku * FIN-20750 Turku Finland * Fax: +358 10 264 0777 * > > >
