- You use the word ‘normal’ if something is ok.
- You are nationalistic about Skype (it is actually an Estonian company)
- You are convinced that Estonia is very strategically located
- You spit three times around your left shoulder for good luck
- Words like "veoauto", "täieõiguslik" or "jää-äär" sound perfectly pronouncable to you
- There can never be too much sarcasm
- You have been to Finland
- 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...
- You think that any beverage below 20% is non-alcoholic(...)
- You check the thermometer before going out
- You look in both directions before crossing the road, even if it's a one-way street (paluun, miks mu sõiduõpetaja siis mu peale karjub xD)
- When someone asks you "where is Estonia?" you quickly reply that it's located in Northern Europe close to Finland...
- Sour cream tastes good with everything
- Kui sa saad aru, mis siia kirjutatud on
- You find yourself continually ignoring the gender in other languages (!!!)
- You say 'kurat' as at least every second word
- When someone says "Estonians are so beautiful" you answer almost without emotions "I know
- You don't think that terviSEKS is a funny word (ega "vahelduSEKS" ega "homSEKS" - no tegelt ka mis inimestel on sellega!! Grow up!)
- You grin when someone you know says that they bought a BMW
- You know that love for 3 oranges is not a weird sex thing and the phrase "x 6 me" makes absolutely sense
- For you it is totally normal to eat food gone sour (hapupiim, hapukurk, hapukapsas, hapukoor)
- Everyone in your family has pictures from funerals
- "Ühesõnaga" means that a really long explanation is coming
- A mention of a town with a population of a million or more causes you to panic slightly
- When you come to a city that has a subway, you are prepared to spend a day just riding it. (Brüsseeeeeeel!!)
- You feel that the University of Tartu is among the top 5 best/largest/oldest universities in the world, and if you've graduated from it, all paths in life are open for you.
- You remember the 1-kroon bill and the 5-sent coin.
- A person that speaks three languages isn't the slightest bit impressive. ("Ja sa oskad NII inglise KUI prantsuse keelt?????" -.-)
- If it takes more than 10 minutes to drive somewhere within the city, you are mildly annoyed because it is too far.
- You take it as inevitable that you will need to go abroad for some things: clothes, footwear, books, theme parks...
- People who type slowly and carefully using only their index fingers are subconsciously considered to be foreigners.
- The most difficult subjects you learned at school were Estonian history, Estonian geography and Estonian literature. And Russian.
- You can speak with pride of Estonia's tallest mountain.
- Buildings taller than 20 floors are sightseeing items where you bring visitors.
- You are beginning to find Eino Baskin's jokes funny.
- On June 23rd, you feel the irresistible urge to drink beer and eat barbeque meat.
- When you hear "Kristina", you think of Shmigun, not Aguilera.
- Every year you believe, deep in your heart, that Estonia will once again win the Eurovision Song Contest.
- You're proud that Ernst Hemingway wrote that you can find at least one Estonian in every harbour in the world.
- Ten months of the year it is too dark to be up and two months it is too light to go to bed.
- You look down on people who ask if Estonia along with the rest of Eastern Europe is civilized by now / if Estonia belongs to the EU.
- You are obsessed with your mobile phone's ringtones and you can't wait to get a new mobile. (Tegelt on nii, et, emme, mul on uut telefoni vaja... kui sa tahad, et mind eesti nr kätte saad (ilma leviprobleemiteta!!!) pead mulle ühe saatma.. x) )
- You know what "spikerdama" means and have good memories of it.
- You know what a "läbu" is.
- You have lived in flats more than houses.
- You'd love to get your 12th grade exam results texted to you.
- You have porridge for breakfast. (ei eksisteeeriiiiiii!!)
- You notice summer has come because "Reporter" changes name to "Suvereporter"
- You consider constantly smiling and friendly people high on drugs or just annoying. (trop fort xD!!)
- You don't even expect a victory from the Estonian football team, but you still follow the game with great emotions. (keegi ei mõistnud mu eufooriat Türgi 0:0'iga ja Hispaania 0:3'ga COMEOOOON PEOPLEEE!!)
- You feel butterflies in your belly when you hear Tõnis Mägi's song "Koit"
Friday, November 7, 2008
You know you are from Estonia when...
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