Thread: No more Arctic Circle for me...

After some 11 months in the cold North, I'm finally done with my service in the Army

I'll try to resume at least some of my old activity here, but can't promise anything much. First off it's summer vacation meaning less computer time, then I'll start studying in the autumn.

Hope to have more fun with you guys, and to the new ones; Hi there, I'm wålf, I'm from Norway and I luvz Azumanga Daioh.

See you around!

Godt at se dig tilbage, og i live martin

Welcome Back Walf! I'm sure you'll have a blast like you used to!

Why are there two Azumanga-loving Norwegian Wolves on this forum? I'll never understand.

Welcome back, man!

aha! We has a wålf back!

Great to see you back in one single frostbitten piece, matey. Nice memento of your service there. What's that actually say in English? More of a paragraph than a commendation

Wha happen? Who'd you invade?

Selo's a Pedowookie for Jensen. (Not sure how that works, as there both legal.)

But welcome back, Walf.

Ah, welcome back walf. Congrats for...whatever the certificate says!

Thanks for all the welcome backs.

Originally Posted by Betong Åsna

Why are there two Azumanga-loving Norwegian Wolves on this forum? I'll never understand.

endangered and preserved species, you know! Should be thankful for the two of us! Seems I've managed to scare the old alpha male away anyway, thus leaving only me


As for the letter it merely says that I've finished one year mandatory military service in the Norwegian Army, and thus are rewarded "Vernedyktighetsmedaljen" (sounds better in Norwegian, but something like "Medal of capability to protect" (the motherland, of course )) Just a formal sign that I'm done, really. Has a really cool paragraph stating "The General Inspector of the Norwegian Army thanks You for Your effort to keep peace and freedom", though. The language seems kind of stiff and weird in Norwegian, and I really don't want to venture any further in translating it.

Many pictures of Jensen, Selo, tucked away safely on a hard disk some [insert distance between Mexico and Norway here] away from you

Det føles godt å være tilbake, dansker! Nå var det vel på tide av ScBr får litt mer oppmerksomhet på dette forumet, eller hva??


EDIT; I thought I'd save the unnecessary trouble and space of creating another thread; I'll be leaving for a trip tomorrow and won't be back for about 2 weeks. Wish you all a jolly good time in the meanwhile!

Finally, you owe me a long and wet kiss

welcome back walf!

oh and CHAINNNNNNNNNNNN!!!

welcome back.

i never been to the atctic circle though what is it like?

Guess its a little late but... velkommen tilbage ^^

Hm, I missed your short presence due to my own various summer activities, Mr. Wålf.

I have tried browsing through your recent posts, but found no clue as to your current user title. Thank you for honoring my beloved home country, anyway. Explain the details upon your return.

(Tulevaisuuden varalle: Wålf-kunin arvonimenä oli "Releasable to Finland as Luottamuksellinen".)

wålf is a credit to whatever country he decides to be in at any one time

interesting Google note: translating Kata's message -

Originally Posted by Kata

Tulevaisuuden varalle: Wålf-kunin arvonimenä oli "Releasable to Finland as Luottamuksellinen".

returned this in Google:

Originally Posted by Google Language Tool

The future: Wålf Kingdom-value of the name was "Releasable to Canada as Confidential."

sorry... wålf's going to Canada? Or does Finland translate to Canada when going from Finnish->English?

I sense a resurgence in the Kålmarunionen...

Originally Posted by Worlds Most Fervent Narunite

Or does Finland translate to Canada when going from Finnish->English?

I thought I had already heard the weirdest stories about translating tools. I was wrong.

Even the -kunin > kingdom translation is some kind of attempt towards making sense, but Finland > Canada sounds like this sketch comedy we had in the nineties: anybody and everybody taking part in a quiz would answer, "Canada!" if asked any question.

yeah, I remember that

I've been struck by many a translating tool foul-up when trying to decode what people have been saying on here (yes, you - wålf and Silas!) and know enough to not take their efforts as gospel, but you can usually get an idea of what was meant. In this case, I'm baffled

Is there a "Finland" in Finnish?

Originally Posted by Worlds Most Fervent Narunite

Is there a "Finland" in Finnish?

You mean, a word with the same spelling and an entirely different meaning? Definitely not.

Of course it is common knowledge that Fin(n)land(e) is the word for 'Suomi' in numerous languages, so somebody might argue that Finland is a Finnish word in the same sense as Latin ad infinitum is an English expression. (Hmm, I think I would not.)