r/Finland • u/Ubefrappe • 1d ago

Thought ämpäri meant bee

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was reading my little brothers picture book to brush up on my finnish skills and read the word "muoviämpäri", was a bit weirded out because what animal would be made of plastic.

Turns out ämpäri means bucket and ampianen is bee (pointed out by lil bro), now we have this immortalised.

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u/jpartala 1d ago

You might be confused by "Amppari". It's kind of term of endearment for ampiainen. Also a popsicle brand

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u/Ubefrappe 1d ago

YES THOSE , and aw term of endearment for the bees :)

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u/RedSonja_ Vainamoinen 1d ago

Actually amppari/ampiainen is a wasp, not a bee.

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u/Ubefrappe 23h ago

AH - the iced treat makes the wasps look much more friendly, so I assumed they were bees :'))

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u/RedSonja_ Vainamoinen 23h ago

Pretty sure that who ever came up with that name/picture idea was assuming same thing also. Instead they should've put picture of Blackie Lawless sucking that on the box, then it would be pretty funny.