29.august

(Endiselt naeran "augusti" peale)

Lugesin listi You know you are Estonian when.. (ehk Sa tead, et oled eestlane kui..)

Ja siis ma mõtlesin, et seal oli päris mitu tarka asja, ja et ma nüüd olen äge ja teen copy-paste siia ka mõnest.

1. You use the word ‘normal’ if something is ok.
2. When visiting friends abroad you bring along a box of Kalev chocolate.
3. You attended a song festival at least once either as a performer or as a spectator.
4. You are nationalistic about Skype (it is actually an Estonian company)
5. ‘Kohuke’ belongs to your menu
6. You spent at least one midsummer in Saaremaa, Hiiumaa or one of the smaller islands
7. You spit three times around your left shoulder for good luck
8. Words like "veoauto", "täieõiguslik" or "jää-äär" sound perfectly pronouncable to you
9. There can never be too much sarcasm
10. You know the lyrics to "Mutionu" and "Rongisõit"
11. Your best friend's girlfriend is your English teacher's daughter and they live next door to your grandparents, who were colleagues with your advisor, who is friends with your...
12. You look in both directions before crossing the road, even if it's a one-way street
13. When someone asks you "where is Estonia?" you quickly reply that it's located in Northern Europe close to Finland...
14. A foreigner speaks to you in broken horrible Estonian and you go on and on about how wonderful their Estonian is compared to "the Russians'"
15. You find yourself continually ignoring the gender in other languages
16. When someone says "Estonians are so beautiful" you answer almost without emotions "I know"
17. You grin when someone you know says that they bought a BMW
18. You know how to end the sentence "Kui Arno isaga koolimajja jõudis..."
19. You know that love for 3 oranges is not a weird sex thing and the phrase "x 6 me" makes absolutely sense
20. For you it is totally normal to eat food gone sour (hapupiim, hapukurk, hapukapsas, hapukoor)
21. "Ühesõnaga" means that a really long explanation is coming
22. It's been years since you've seen your paper passport and paper bus pass
23. You presume that all other countries also have ubiquitous Internet access
24. Four-digit bus route numbers cause your brain to shut down.
25. A person that speaks three languages isn't the slightest bit impressive.
26. If it takes more than 10 minutes to drive somewhere within the city, you are mildly annoyed because it is too far.
27. You are beginning to have a glimmer of hope for ever learning how to correctly pronounce Jüriöö Ülestõus.
28. First-graders with mobile phones no longer surprise you.
29. People who type slowly and carefully using only their index fingers are subconsciously considered to be foreigners.
30. Every year you believe, deep in your heart, that Estonia will once again win the Eurovision Song Contest.
31. You're proud that Ernst Hemingway wrote that you can find at least one Estonian in every harbour in the world.

Ma mitmed, mis olid suht mõttetud jätsin välja. Aga, et ma vaatan alati mõlemale poole teed või et ignoreerin sugusid inglise keeles - so true!