#59900
03/06/2002 4:40 PM
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I wrote to a friend the other day about having met an exchange student from Finland whose last name ended with --konen. He wrote back and said that's pretty common there. Just now I got a forwarded e-mail that had originated in Helsinki, by someone whose last name ends in -ponen. Are these two endings variations on a theme? Is there an English translation?
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#59901
03/06/2002 4:52 PM
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No help on the translation, Jackie, but I did notice that a lot of Finnish names end the same way. To wit: names of NHL players from Finland: Teppo Numminen, Esa Tikkanen, [can't remember] Hakkanen? Clearly a theme here. Wild guess - the -nen ending might be like -son (Sweden) or -sen (Norway) - son of?
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#59902
03/07/2002 1:42 AM
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#59903
03/07/2002 1:55 AM
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Then there's the Finnish auto mechanic, Valvo Grindenen, and his daughter, Valvoline.
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#59904
03/07/2002 3:03 PM
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Jackie, At first I assumed they were patronymics, but upon a quick google, learned they are more likely possessives of "farm names." Finnish families, apparently, were identified by the name of the farm they belonged to. Some have since evolved into patronymic surnames, take a look: http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~syli/geneo/farmnames.html
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#59905
03/07/2002 3:40 PM
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from the same site, But, if a current Finnish surname
does not end in "nen" then it is very likely that it was originally a farm name...here's another discussion: http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/art/article216e.htm
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#59906
03/07/2002 3:48 PM
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MAACO
Sherwin - Williams
Armorall
TEd
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#59907
03/07/2002 4:00 PM
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#59908
03/07/2002 5:55 PM
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Sounds like someone's idea of a hangup to me.
TEd
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#59909
03/07/2002 6:08 PM
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That's it, TEd. I'm Finnished with your smart remarks.
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#59910
03/07/2002 6:31 PM
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Kiwi
Griffin
Pledge
reminds me of the story of the guy who, as he walked about his office, to and from the copier, or lunch, ect., found all his work mates had cans collecting for the march of dime, cancer care, homeless children..
so one day he put a can on his desk for For Ireland's Children..
things went fine until new management came in and put name tag signs on everyones desk.. and John Ireland's jig was up!
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#59911
03/07/2002 7:28 PM
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Then there was the Finnish dancer, Tommi Tangonen ...
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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#59912
03/07/2002 7:57 PM
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#59913
03/07/2002 8:12 PM
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Oh, well, tsuwm, so I misread it. That's because I'm left-handed living on the wrong side of the world. 
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#59914
03/07/2002 9:12 PM
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I'd tell you what the car wax said to the furniture wax but it's now politically incorrect to tell polish jokes.
TEd
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