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Old 08-02-2007, 06:15 AM   #1
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I was taking a bus to my friend's summer place and on the way I saw a sign which said

LOMMILA
GLOMS

Evidently there is a place in Finland that is called Lommila (-la or -lä is a very common ending for a name of a place) and its Swedish name is Gloms. This, of course, doesn't mean an addicton, but instantly thinking of the name "Lommy" when seeing this probably does...
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Old 08-02-2007, 11:15 AM   #2
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I was taking a bus to my friend's summer place and on the way I saw a sign which said

LOMMILA
GLOMS

Evidently there is a place in Finland that is called Lommila (-la or -lä is a very common ending for a name of a place) and its Swedish name is Gloms. This, of course, doesn't mean an addicton, but instantly thinking of the name "Lommy" when seeing this probably does...
Well, I don't think there is anything surprising on thinking of the name "Lommy" when seeing that... unless for a Finlander it should on first sight signify something else... but if I saw something like that, I think that's clear...

Wait... it is a sign of addiction... (Terrible. The worst sign of addiction is if you think - or convince yourself to think - that something is NOT a sign of addiction.)

And Gloms, well, I don't know how about you, but when I saw it here I thought immediately of Gollum... is THAT a sign?
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Old 08-02-2007, 12:31 PM   #3
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Well, I don't think there is anything surprising on thinking of the name "Lommy" when seeing that... unless for a Finlander it should on first sight signify something else... but if I saw something like that, I think that's clear...
As far as I know, lommi or anything close to it doesn't mean anything in Finnish.

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Wait... it is a sign of addiction... (Terrible. The worst sign of addiction is if you think - or convince yourself to think - that something is NOT a sign of addiction.)
Haha, just see the post above the Lommila-post...

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And Gloms, well, I don't know how about you, but when I saw it here I thought immediately of Gollum... is THAT a sign?
Well, it definitely sounds Gollum-ish or goblin-like... Hopefully that is not supposed to be some sort of description of my character or nature....
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Old 08-03-2007, 10:26 AM   #4
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