Series Title | European Voice |
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Series Details | 17/04/97, Volume 3, Number 15 |
Publication Date | 17/04/1997 |
Content Type | News |
Date: 17/04/1997 At last, Entre Nous can reveal why Personnel Commissioner Erkki Liikanen is always most concerned that everyone pronounces his surname correctly. It transpires that if you say the word with a short 'i', rather than the long sound demanded by the double 'i', it comes out sounding like 'likainen', a Finnish word which roughly translates as 'dirty'. |
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Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |