Like many countries Estonia uses English in signs, new words and everyday language. In Tallinn this Estlish was sprinkled pretty liberally, but was also mixed with Russian and Nordic languages (at least I think they were Nordic rather than Baltic). As with other ‘lishes there are loan words which are ‘adapted’ such ‘Faks’ for ‘Fax’ […]
The Magic Buffee Cafe Tallinn Estonia
The Magic Buffee is a good example of the value for money and quality food available in Tallinn. The place was spotless too! Interesting use of ‘Buffee’ which appears to translated phonetically where as in UK EN we use ‘buffet’ but pronounce it ‘buf-fay’. I think in UK EN we’d probably use ‘pasty’ rather than pie. I’m not sure […]
Seen in Estonian Shop: Bust Firming Massage Cream ‘Tester’!
I hope my female readers will forgive me for this entry. I was going to include this image in the Estlish post. But the simple gag was too tempting to resist. So here it, “Bust Firming Massage Cream ‘Tester‘”, despite hanging around near this item in the shop for sometime, there was unfortunately no testing to be […]