We’ve come to
October, which concludes my series of Finnish month names. I started
it last year in November, the month of the dead, simply because I
found that name intriguing... but ended up writing a short post about
each month.
And now for October,
or, in Finnish, lokakuu. ’Loka’ means mud or dirty,
wet snow. The month has also been known as likakuu – ’lika’
means dirt. Where such a name comes from is rather obvious: it often
rains in October, and everything is muddy and dirty. Or, if there is
snow, it usually turns to grey slush. No snow here so
far, but it’s still early October...
But I don’t really
want to post pictures of mud and dirty, slushy snow, so here’s one
from last weekend instead. ;)
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