Toss a coin

[a_wolf]

Amen lezvum goyutyun uni “gir te ghush” haskatsutyune. Ays vochakan artahaytutyune shat hetakrkir banahyuskan arzhek e nerkayatsnum, kani vor amen lezvum ayn uni mi yurahatuk imastayin yerang, artatsolelov antsyali patmakan irakanutyunnere. Karogh ek avelatsnel ays tsutsakin? (Yes miayn ays vetse gitem):

adrbejaneren: härf ya guş (“tar te trchun

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Finns and coins

[angervo]

In Finland we say "kruuna vai klaava" when we toss a coin. Translating these words into English is difficult as they don't really have any meaning outside the coin games (kruuna is head and klaava tail). They are, however, both close to "real" words: kruuna is similar to "kruunu" ( crown) and klaava to "laava" (lava).

...And how did I get here? I saw you in linguaphiles :) Rgds, Riikka

Re: Finns and coins

[a_wolf]

Thanks.

Reshka” was Nicholas the Second’s nickname?

[meskhi]

Копье аль решето? Выиграть, или проиграть? от игры в орлянку: копье, лицевая сторона монеты, где некогда чеканился Св. Георгий с копьем; решето, оборотная, с кудрявым вензелем.

[ktotam]

polish: orzeł czy reszka (same empire after all)
czech: hlava nebo orel
french: pile ou face (compare to english cross and pile)
hebrew: עץ או פאלי (tree or pali, from pre-state coins with palm tree on one side and the word "palestine" on another)

[ktotam]

spanish dialects

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[ex_ilyavinar899]

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