'No snow'
Warnings of there maybe being 'no snow' in winter adorned my first 6 months in Finland.
But ... when you say 'no snow' ... does it mean an-absolute-absence-of-snow, or does it mean not-a-useful-amount-of-snow?
There is snow on the ground.
Unless you ask a Finn.
‘This is not snow’.
There is snow in Lapland.
Unless you ask a Finn.
It snows in winter.
Unless you ask a Finn.
‘There might be no snow’.
It is snowing.
Unless you ask a Finn.
‘Ei, sataa rakeita'
I am eating a Karelian pie.
Unless you ask a Finn.
‘No egg butter; you are not eating a Karelian pie.’
Finland came second in the Ice Hockey World Championships
Unless you ask a Finn.
‘We lost’.
There is a sauna in my apartment.
Unless you ask a Finn.
‘It's electric’.
There are blueberries in the forest.
Unless you ask a Finn.
‘It is September; there are no blueberries'.
After 4 hours of snow
When we asked a Finn
'No, it's not snow.'
After 8 hours of snow
When we asked a Finn
'Fine, this is snow!'
