Thursday, September 3, 2009

Drunk times in Finland, part 2

Did you know:

Not only does Finland have the European Union's highest rate of alcohol related deaths---it also has an actual word to describe when a person goes on a bender and rolls their R's improperly. It is called Oresta, which is pronounced "ooooooorrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeesta." Now, I'm not so concerned about the drunkness and the fact that there is a word to describe it. I think, rather, that it's out of this world that a country has such an impossible language that it cannot be spoken unless one is bone dry sober. Tragic indeed.

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