#murre

[animalphotorefs]

Photo of the Day: common murre pile

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[toteemisieni]

Kuunnellaan kahen fellow itäsuomalaisen kanssa murrekirjan iänitteitä ja on sanottava, että työ länssuomalaiset ette vuan yksinkertasesti ossoo puhua.

[best-bird-tournament]

Typical auk or murre (Alcini) tribe

Which is the best bird?

Common murre

Thick-billed murre

Little auk

Razorbill

Voting ended onSep 6, 2025

This tribe contains only 4 extant species from 3 genera (Uria, Alle, and Alca).

[captain-crowfish]

I think I'm one of these things

[ft-fenwick]

Seattle Road Trip

Point Defiance Zoo - Tacoma, WA (2/2)

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Common Murre

Photo: Kenneth Cole Schneider

"Widespread on Pacific Coast from Alaska to California, but more local in the east, being found mainly off eastern Canada. This large auk sits upright on sea cliffs, looking like a northern version of a penguin. It swims and dives expertly, but its flight appears labored. For its size, the Common Murre has the most densely packed nesting colonies of any bird species; nests may be so close together that incubating adults are actually touching other adults on both sides."

- Audubon Field Guide

[typhlonectes]

Thick-billed Murres at Alaska Maritime NWR

During the colder months, these seabirds travel up to 600 miles from their dense cliffside colonies to icy open ocean waters all the way up to the Arctic. Some remain through winter as far north as open water allows, including around openings in pack ice. photograph by Art Sowls | USFWS

via: USFWS Migratory Birds

[mehilaiselokuva]

I've been thinking of my dialect

And I thought why not try to write with it! Then I'll help you understand it!

Note: I try to imitate my dialect the best I can, so beware that nobody actually types like this.

TEXT

Tännään tullee aika paljon lunta- nyttännään on satanujjo ainaki’ kkolme tuntia. Aamullaku’ hheräsinniin oli vaa vähä mut kyl sieltä kokoaja’ on tullu lissää. Tekis kyl mieli vähä teetä, muttenkyltiiä. Eijjaksa. Eijjoo’ ollummitään tekemistä tänään kun oon vaannollu’ kkotona. Onnollukkyl kiva katella’kkun tyypit niinku-vvaan liukastelee tuoll'ulkona ja lunta vaan sattaa.

IN STANDARD FINNISH

Tänään tulee (sataa) aika paljon lunta- tänään on satanut jo kolme tuntia. Kun heräsin aamulla, (sitä, lunta) oli vain vähän, mutta kyllä sieltä on koko ajan tullut lisää. Tekisi vähän mieli (juoda) teetä, mutta en tiedä. En jaksa. Minulla ei ole ollut tämään mitään tekemistä, kun olen vain ollut kotona. On ollut kyllä kiva katsella kun (tyypit/ihmiset) vaan liukastelevat tuolla ulkona ja lunta vain sataa.

POINTS:

A bunch of double consonants

I tend to combine words a lot

If a word ends in a vowel, I usually double the following consonant. (for example ku'hheräsin, eijjoo'ollu)

Irregular word changes: I use both tännään and tänään, kyl and kyllä, depending on where in the sentence the word is.

Diphthongs get removed in many places (tuoll'ulkona from tuolla ulkona)

filler words ofc

Fun fact: I didn't have a dialect as a child (thanks to the 'tism) so my dialect is a mix of my friends' and relatives' dialects! Imagine how weird it was for my family (who speak a weird mix of Savo dialect and Karelian language) to get this kirjakieli speaking child!