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Old 11-11-2009, 05:02 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by Luna Sevithiainen View Post
Sorry for the off-topic, but this made me giggle Especially given that I get that comment with my real last name as well (that, and people complaining that it is so long )
To me the name's odd only because the end is a Finnish last-name ending. Like Mäkinen or Virtanen. And actually it's not just the "nen" part but the whole "ainen". For example Tiainen (a name, but also means 'tit' or 'titmouse' as in the bird, not the body part...). And for example 'breakfast' in Finnish is 'aamiainen'...

I guess that's also part of the reason I've never had trouble remembering the name...
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