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Waterfall in Tampere
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- Uploaded on August 20, 2007
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- Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
- Taken on 2007/07/26 12:57:14
- Exposure: 0.004s (1/250)
- Focal Length: 6.00mm
- F/Stop: f/5.600
- ISO Speed: ISO100
- Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
- No flash
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Johan__, on August 20, 2007, said:
Tampere is called Tammerfors in Swedish. Fors mean water stream. So I guess the pics shows part of reason for the Swedish name of Tampere. This water way goes between the lakes Näsijärn and Pyhäjärvi. The latter means holy lake and apparently is a fairly common lake name in Finland.
akivivalli, on August 23, 2008, said:
Yes, and 'pyhä' in the names of the lakes, rivers etc. comes from an earlier meaning of the word. 'Pyhä' used to mean 'border' or 'divider' so the most common use nowadays as in 'pyhäpäivä' means a day that divides the run of time, wether it is the weekly Sunday or a specific holiday.
How did this lead to the use of 'pyhä' as 'sacred' or 'holy', I won't try to explain. :-)
Johan__, on August 24, 2008, said:
thanks for the info!