From: Ellen K. 

Assume this is a known conversation in Finnish, i.e. you didn't just make
it up for this thread?

If I had any spare braincells I would try to think up something equally
amusing in English.

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:06:47 +0200, "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote in message :

>It's a dialogue between a master and his servant. The master is ordering the
>servant, who is called "Kokko", to go and build a bonfire for
the midsommer
>fest, which is also called kokko. To build something is "kokoo", and to
>build something up as in a pile of wood is "kokoon" ("to
a pile"). So, the
>first sentence is "Kokko, go build up that bonfire for the
midsommer fest".
>And then the servant asks if he really has to build it all: "koko
>kokkoko?" - "the whole thing?". To which the master
replies "Koko kokko!" -
>"yes the whole thing".
>
>
>Antti Kurenniemi
>
>"Ellen K."  wrote in message
>news:qqq5r21ut5pf7uotfju1229nhiah1iknkb{at}4ax.com...
>> Translation?
>>
>> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:53:21 +0200, "Antti Kurenniemi"
>>  wrote in message
:
>>
>>>This is perfectly valid Finnish: "Kokko, kokoo kokoon koko
>>>kokko! Koko kokkoko? Koko kokko..."
>>
>

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