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cimoreneA WEEK AGO:
ME: Induction isn't that much more expensive, and did you know it heats way faster?
WIFE: You're thinking glass top, right? You don't need induction?
NOW:
ME: Okay, if you think about it, I've never burnt myself on a burner, so it's not like we really need it...
WIFE: My brother says he's not sure how they ever lived without it and look, this one's on sale... and so's this one...
We still can't really do any planning until we sign the deed Tuesday, take measurements of the rooms, and get a quote for the most urgent renovations, but that obviously hasn't stopped us from thinking about what to do in the kitchen (luckily for me, kitchens aren't one of the things that give Wax the proverbial "I can't have opinions in a place like this"es, but she's not argumentative or aesthetically opinionated).
Wax found out when she met the seller last week that the house, like most houses from the year 1950 or thereabouts, does have a name: it's called Knypplinge. -inge is an ancient place name ending that's especially common in Swedish-language place names in the Finnish archipelago, but as far as we can learn might not mean anything; and Wax says that "knyppla" is the verb "to tat", as in making tatted lace, although who knows, it could also mean something completely entirely different, but it's fun to say. The 'n' is pronounced in Swedish and it has a jaunty three syllables, with the final 'e' making the 'ng' sound extra fun.
ME: Induction isn't that much more expensive, and did you know it heats way faster?
WIFE: You're thinking glass top, right? You don't need induction?
NOW:
ME: Okay, if you think about it, I've never burnt myself on a burner, so it's not like we really need it...
WIFE: My brother says he's not sure how they ever lived without it and look, this one's on sale... and so's this one...
We still can't really do any planning until we sign the deed Tuesday, take measurements of the rooms, and get a quote for the most urgent renovations, but that obviously hasn't stopped us from thinking about what to do in the kitchen (luckily for me, kitchens aren't one of the things that give Wax the proverbial "I can't have opinions in a place like this"es, but she's not argumentative or aesthetically opinionated).
Wax found out when she met the seller last week that the house, like most houses from the year 1950 or thereabouts, does have a name: it's called Knypplinge. -inge is an ancient place name ending that's especially common in Swedish-language place names in the Finnish archipelago, but as far as we can learn might not mean anything; and Wax says that "knyppla" is the verb "to tat", as in making tatted lace, although who knows, it could also mean something completely entirely different, but it's fun to say. The 'n' is pronounced in Swedish and it has a jaunty three syllables, with the final 'e' making the 'ng' sound extra fun.
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Date: 10 Jun 2019 11:59 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 11 Jun 2019 07:26 am (UTC)Kn-i-p or Kn-ü-p to sound out the house name?
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Date: 11 Jun 2019 04:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 16 Jun 2019 08:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 11 Jun 2019 09:03 am (UTC)The name sounds perfect.