Comments: IE LOANWORDS IN FINNISH.

I love the way he obfuscates his email address: jouppe_[h2ed]welho[dhudo]com

Posted by John Cowan at June 18, 2008 11:09 PM

As a native Finnish speaker, I'd guess Jouppe is a nickname formed from some variant of John, Johan, Johannes, etc. It has that sort of an informal feel.

Posted by Pekka at June 19, 2008 04:46 AM

I love the way he obfuscates his email address

Yes, I meant to mention that—it warmed my heart!

Posted by language hat at June 19, 2008 07:13 AM

well, I do read German, but am too lazy to
I feel the same way about French...

Posted by bulbul at June 19, 2008 12:04 PM