On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:10:38 -0400, Scott Hemphill <hemphill@hemphills.net> wrote:>Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacobsen@ieee.org> writes: > >> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Rune Allnor >> <allnor@tele.ntnu.no> wrote: >> >> >>>This morning, just before 6AM, I was hovering in that stage where one >>>does not really know if one is still asleep or have started to wake >>>up. >> >> Thanks for the story and I'm looking forward to the pix. Meanwhile, >> here's a relevant video: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMf8ysOL6YM >> >> I'm interested in the song, and cant' even tell which language is >> used. >> Eric Jacobsen >> Minister of Algorithms >> Abineau Communications >> http://www.ericjacobsen.org > >This might help: > >http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1738842995641330414 >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loituma > >ScottCool! Thanks much for that. Eric Jacobsen Minister of Algorithms Abineau Communications http://www.ericjacobsen.org
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OT: A wake-up call less ordinary
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Rune Allnor <allnor@tele.ntnu.no> writes:> On 26 Mar, 18:00, Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacob...@ieee.org> wrote: >> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Rune Allnor >> >> <all...@tele.ntnu.no> wrote: >> >This morning, just before 6AM, I was hovering in that stage where one >> >does not really know if one is still asleep or have started to wake >> >up. >> >> Thanks for the story and I'm looking forward to the pix. Meanwhile, >> here's a relevant video: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMf8ysOL6YM >> >> I'm interested in the song, and cant' even tell which language is >> used. > > Funny song - brilliant performance! > > The language is almost certainly Finnish. I can't remember > off the top of my head if there are any Finnish regulars > here who might enlighten us about what this might be?What isn't gibberish is apparently the Savo dialect of Finnish. Here's the YouTube version of the Loituma performance of "Ievan Polkka": http://youtube.com/watch?v=vjvVBCNcL_A&feature=related Scott -- Scott Hemphill hemphill@alumni.caltech.edu "This isn't flying. This is falling, with style." -- Buzz Lightyear
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:12:48 -0700 (PDT), Rune Allnor <allnor@tele.ntnu.no> wrote:>On 26 Mar, 18:00, Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacob...@ieee.org> wrote: >> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Rune Allnor >> >> <all...@tele.ntnu.no> wrote: >> >This morning, just before 6AM, I was hovering in that stage where one >> >does not really know if one is still asleep or have started to wake >> >up. >> >> Thanks for the story and I'm looking forward to the pix. � Meanwhile, >> here's a relevant video: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMf8ysOL6YM >> >> I'm interested in the song, and cant' even tell which language is >> used. > >Funny song - brilliant performance! > >The language is almost certainly Finnish. I can't remember >off the top of my head if there are any Finnish regulars >here who might enlighten us about what this might be? > >RuneScott Hemphill posted this in the other thread: This might help: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1738842995641330414 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loituma Scott -- Scott Hemphill hemphill@alumni.caltech.edu "This isn't flying. This is falling, with style." -- Buzz Lightyear Very cool. I suspected it might be Finnish, but couldn't tell for sure. I like it especially since my heritage is primarily Danish and Finnish. I'm circulating this among some of the family that's closer to our Finnish roots to see where I get with it. I know a number of folks at Nokia in Finland who could probably opine as well. If you follow the links on the group it appears that they're all accomplished musicians. One can tell, I think. ;) Eric Jacobsen Minister of Algorithms Abineau Communications http://www.ericjacobsen.org
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clay@claysturner.com wrote:> On Mar 26, 2:42 pm, Jerry Avins <j...@ieee.org> wrote: >> c...@claysturner.com wrote: >>> ... mooses (meese?) >> Moose. Like deer, fish, and elk. >> >> Jerry >> -- >> Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. >> ����������������������������������������������������������������������� > > I was having fun. On the other hand a group of fish can be described > as fishes if you have multiple species within the group. Since a moose > is a member of the deer family, we don't get to say mooses. But > mongoose can pluralize to mongeese or mongooses. > > Gotta love the language ;-)You know about the guy who wanted to buy a pair of mongooses but didn't know how to render the plural? He wrote, "Please send me a Mongoose. By the way, please send me another." Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Rune Allnor <allnor@tele.ntnu.no> wrote:>Hi all. > >This morning, just before 6AM, I was hovering in that stage where one >does not really know if one is still asleep or have started to wake >up.(Snipped by Lyons)>Eventually, around 7:30AM, they decide to turn in for the day, and >all >four of them lay down in the garden next-door. > >They stayed for another hour, till I decided to scare them away from >the area before the kids got out to play. A very nice morning indeed. > >RuneHi Rune, Ha ha. Neat! Is there any chance you can turn one of the moose into a pet for your kids? Maybe that's a bad idea. You probably don't need another mouth to feed. [-Rick-]
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Rick Lyons wrote:> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Rune Allnor > <allnor@tele.ntnu.no> wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> This morning, just before 6AM, I was hovering in that stage where one >> does not really know if one is still asleep or have started to wake >> up. > > (Snipped by Lyons) > >> Eventually, around 7:30AM, they decide to turn in for the day, and >> all >> four of them lay down in the garden next-door. >> >> They stayed for another hour, till I decided to scare them away from >> the area before the kids got out to play. A very nice morning indeed. >> >> Rune > > Hi Rune, > Ha ha. Neat! Is there any chance > you can turn one of the moose into a > pet for your kids? > > Maybe that's a bad idea. You probably > don't need another mouth to feed.My friend came back from Sweden ecstatic about moose steak. She brought some lingenberry jam made by the hunter. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
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Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacobsen@ieee.org> writes:> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:10:38 -0400, Scott Hemphill > <hemphill@hemphills.net> wrote: > >>Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacobsen@ieee.org> writes: >> >>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Rune Allnor >>> <allnor@tele.ntnu.no> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>This morning, just before 6AM, I was hovering in that stage where one >>>>does not really know if one is still asleep or have started to wake >>>>up. >>> >>> Thanks for the story and I'm looking forward to the pix. Meanwhile, >>> here's a relevant video: >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMf8ysOL6YM >>> >>> I'm interested in the song, and cant' even tell which language is >>> used. >>> Eric Jacobsen >>> Minister of Algorithms >>> Abineau Communications >>> http://www.ericjacobsen.org >> >>This might help: >> >>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1738842995641330414 >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loituma >> >>Scott > > Cool! Thanks much for that.You're welcome. And in case you haven't found it yet, here's a link to the wiki for the song, which has links to the lyrics, including an English translation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ievan_Polkka Scott -- Scott Hemphill hemphill@alumni.caltech.edu "This isn't flying. This is falling, with style." -- Buzz Lightyear
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On Mar 26, 3:12 pm, Rune Allnor <all...@tele.ntnu.no> wrote:> On 26 Mar, 18:00, Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacob...@ieee.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Rune Allnor > > > <all...@tele.ntnu.no> wrote: > > >This morning, just before 6AM, I was hovering in that stage where one > > >does not really know if one is still asleep or have started to wake > > >up. > > > Thanks for the story and I'm looking forward to the pix. Meanwhile, > > here's a relevant video: > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMf8ysOL6YM > > > I'm interested in the song, and cant' even tell which language is > > used. > > Funny song - brilliant performance! > > The language is almost certainly Finnish. I can't remember > off the top of my head if there are any Finnish regulars > here who might enlighten us about what this might be?i don't s'pose it's Varttina, whom are the only Finnish singers i know anything about. (and they be damn good, saw them twice, in Central Park in the 90s and recently in Somerville Mass.) r b-j
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:01:06 -0700 (PDT), robert bristow-johnson <rbj@audioimagination.com> wrote:>On Mar 26, 3:12 pm, Rune Allnor <all...@tele.ntnu.no> wrote: >> On 26 Mar, 18:00, Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacob...@ieee.org> wrote: >> >> > On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Rune Allnor >> >> > <all...@tele.ntnu.no> wrote: >> > >This morning, just before 6AM, I was hovering in that stage where one >> > >does not really know if one is still asleep or have started to wake >> > >up. >> >> > Thanks for the story and I'm looking forward to the pix. Meanwhile, >> > here's a relevant video: >> >> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMf8ysOL6YM >> >> > I'm interested in the song, and cant' even tell which language is >> > used. >> >> Funny song - brilliant performance! >> >> The language is almost certainly Finnish. I can't remember >> off the top of my head if there are any Finnish regulars >> here who might enlighten us about what this might be? > >i don't s'pose it's Varttina, whom are the only Finnish singers i know >anything about. (and they be damn good, saw them twice, in Central >Park in the 90s and recently in Somerville Mass.) > >r b-jYou're not a Leningrad Cowboys fan? They're really good, creative and a lot of fun to boot. Check 'em out if you haven't. They've done a lot of stuff with the Red Army Choir which is just an interesting juxtaposition in a lot of ways. FWIW, the group's name is Loituma. Evidently they've been around for a while and their musical pedigrees are quite strong. It's a very nice discovery-of-the-day sort of thing for me. ;) They have a myspace page with some cuts on it: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=77443125 Eric Jacobsen Minister of Algorithms Abineau Communications http://www.ericjacobsen.org
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:50:06 -0400, Scott Hemphill <hemphill@hemphills.net> wrote:>Rune Allnor <allnor@tele.ntnu.no> writes: > >> On 26 Mar, 18:00, Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacob...@ieee.org> wrote: >>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Rune Allnor >>> >>> <all...@tele.ntnu.no> wrote: >>> >This morning, just before 6AM, I was hovering in that stage where one >>> >does not really know if one is still asleep or have started to wake >>> >up. >>> >>> Thanks for the story and I'm looking forward to the pix. � Meanwhile, >>> here's a relevant video: >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMf8ysOL6YM >>> >>> I'm interested in the song, and cant' even tell which language is >>> used. >> >> Funny song - brilliant performance! >> >> The language is almost certainly Finnish. I can't remember >> off the top of my head if there are any Finnish regulars >> here who might enlighten us about what this might be? > >What isn't gibberish is apparently the Savo dialect of Finnish. >Here's the YouTube version of the Loituma performance of "Ievan >Polkka": > >http://youtube.com/watch?v=vjvVBCNcL_A&feature=related > >ScottScott, Can I ask how you initially found this? Were you already familiar with the song or just managed to locate the references quickly? Eric Jacobsen Minister of Algorithms Abineau Communications http://www.ericjacobsen.org
