timomastosalo In reply to Kamona Zhang
1st the translation what it roughly means,*
then I'll have my own fun, and try to change the words so you'd get an impression*
how Odd and difficult slang sounds for people outside of Helsinki, who speak more to the standard Finnish, although many dialects can be very different then the standard.*But the Helsinki slang (Stadin slang) is on a different level.*It 's distantly related to Finnish
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The song:*
- I'm playin ', or dyin'.*I'm playin ', an' not jus 'thinkin'.*
If the luck is striking, this business is Kickin '.*
But he won 'be playin', who's afearin '.*
I can move (travel?) Away from The City * (* Helsinki).*
to Gambia or Venezuela.*
But I can not get Sörkka *, out of me.*
Even when I'm dyin '.*
(* Sörkka = Sörnäinen, a Helsinki district - like Bronx in NY, or East End in London)*
I'm playin ', or dyin'.*I'm playin ', an' not jus 'thinkin'.*
If the luck is striking, the systems are Kickin '.*
But he won 'be playin', who's afearin '.*
So long, I'm hanging aroung here,*
as the station clock is in the tower.*
So long, I'm swingin '(groovin') here,*
as the Tram number seven rolls on its Rails.*
I'm playin ', or dyin'.*I'm playin ', an' not jus 'thinkin'.*
If the luck is striking, this business is Kickin '.*
But he won 'be playin', who's afearin '.*
xxx*
Now, here's how it would roughly sound in English (?),*
if we compare how 'The Slang' sounds to Finnish ears:*
- Ah'm sculin '*, or Dellin' (even 'Dealin', from 'dividing, deal, share' in Swedish).*
Ah'm playin ', an' no 'jus' reelin'.*
(* skulaa -> to 'scule', sculing = 'to play music, sports')*
Iv da chag's striking ', des business is peddin'.*
Bu 'he won' be sculin ', who's Fearin'.*
Ah c'n skiggle, wegs from Da Ciddeh * (* Stad = Helsinki).*
To Gambia or Venezuela.*
You can 'ge' Seurxs *, Weg or 'me.*
Even when Ah'm Dellin '.*
(* Sour ('Seurxs') = Sörnäinen, a Helsinki district*
- like Bronx in NY, or East End in London)*
Ah'm sculin ', or Dellin'.*Ah'm playin ', an' no 'jus' reelin'.*
Iv da chag's strikin ', by chyddems'r peddin'.*
Bu 'he won' be sculin ', who's Fearin'.*
So long, Ah'm I'm going to 'aroun' here,*
a da staish clogger, is in da tow'r.*
So long, Ah'm swingin '(groovin') aroun 'here,*
the da scure sev'ner, rolls on its Rails.*
Ah'm sculin ', or Dellin'.*Ah'm playin ', an' no 'jus' reelin'.*
Iv da chag's striking ', des business is peddin'.*
Bu 'he won' be sculin ', who's Fearin'.