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Actually, Turku remained the capital until 1812, when the status was given to Helsinki.

Hmm, it has something to do with our 700-year history as a part of Sweden... Here's why: Swedish was the official language of both countries back then. We also call Stockholm Tukholma and Uppsala has only one p in Finnish. Eg. in the northern part of Sweden Kiruna has two i's and Luleå...

Quite correct. Christmas is joulu in Finnish. The word for a festivity is juhla. (English speakers would pronounce it YOOCH-LAH, "CH" being pronounced like in German Achtung.) But to get more likely an answer, let's consult my ethymological dictionary of the Finnish language. OK, it says...

Nice joke, but isn't it biljoona??? After that comes triljoona (thousand times biljoona) :scan: Yes, I'm a tosikko

Of course! I had never thought about that "Phil-Hippos" or something. My name derives from Greek and means "manly" or "masculine".

I am of human race (wroom!) and white as hell. I get my skin burned very easily, so by the time I get some suntan, the summer is nearly over. This year is a some kind of exception with its extremely odd weather.

Oh yeah. Well, USSR didn't have much to do with the liberation of Britain and France - fortunately. "Liberation by USSR" sounds like a very contradictionary term to me. I can imagine how cheerful the crowds in Eastern Europe (and Eastern Germany) must have been when they realised the what...

Hope they were. :( I don't think their training is anything near a joke, considering how easily they infiltrated U.S. and flew those September 11 planes last year... I see this situation vice versa: Saddam Hussein is not a real threat, but the invisible terrorist network instead. To remind...

I guess that would be salmonella.

And milk is good.

No, I don't think so. It's not wrong since it is natural, but it may be unhealthy. I try to eat as little meat as I can, and avoid beef and pork. That's no problem since meat is kind of expensive anyway and I like chicken more. And oh, how tasty the potatoes and carrots and peas and everything...

Kingjoshi, he hasn't decided it yet. http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?postid=322940#post322940

Hum... if you ask a non-French EU citizen he may disagree about that. The French are often overly fanatic about their own interests, not about the common good for all Europe. Their farmers make a big fuss about every single change that might reduce the profits of their oversubsidised...

You keep calling environmentally aware people "treehuggers" all the time. Then what about... Soviet Union. They had practically no treehuggers there. And look at the condition the environment in those countries is now. :cry: Without nature there can be no humans either. Man does not feed on...

Yes indeed. Its logicality and uniformity are good reasons for using it. I guess it's one of the best things the French have ever invented! I find it a bit funny that I know how long a yard is and a Briton doesn't ;) Isn't it like 0.91 metres or so... While chatting with Americans about...