Jul. 5th, 2008

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I cannot conduct my life in a normal fashion. Poof! I disappear, poof! I reappear. And regrettably, not always in the same place. *disappears* *reappears*  Have you seen it? Now I'm gonna show you a few episodes from my life, so you can see where it leads.

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Estonians just love the fact that they have trouble telling the difference between 'b' and 'p'. The best known example is the word "pank", which originally means "cliff" in Estonian, but also is as a loan word meaning "bank". The 100 crown banknote has an intentional pun on its back side - it says "Eesti Pank", which can be understood as "the Bank of Estonia", as well as "an Estonian cliff".

TyrisaluYesterday my brother sent me a further joke on the subject. It uses ad campaign slogans by Hansa Pank, a well respected Estonian bank, but changes the wording from "Hansa Pank" to "Türisalu Pank" (the cliff of Türisalu, where the 100 crown picture was originally taken). The revamped ad says: "Get rid of your loan payments today. Türisalu pank - when you can take it no more".

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