OMFG.
A Facebook 'content creator' from Finland has made herself at home on my Fb page. Her name is Irene, and she's the heading of today's post.
It seems very much as though she's posting from Finland, though she's completely at home with English idioms, her slight accent notwithstanding. She has a side buddy, who is often featured in Irene's video posts (they're always video clips; in fact their main content home is Instagram, I believe), and the sister's name is something like Snuikki. [Added later: it's Snuikku. If think Snuikki sounds a little more convincing. But I don't know Finnish, unfortunately.]
Many of Irene (which is pronounced 'I-re-neh')'s videos start with
"LISsen!!" screeched out at the top of her voice, after which she will go into the main subject, which is often The Finnish Word of the Day, which is quite often something multi-syllabic and intimidating, such as (yelled out) "Kurkku kipu!"
"Say it with me: kurkku kipu! But what does kurkku kipu MEAN?" So she would break it down, and say: kurkku means cucumber, and kipu means pain, so naturally kurkku kipu means a sore throat! (Finnish etymology often takes an unexpected turn.) She has a sidekick, namely her sister, a redhead, who seems marginally more sane than Irene herself, and an all-round softer person. But this Snooky girl has her own posts—some of which also involve Irene—in which Snooky comes across as a lot more assertive and confident than she does in her sister's videos, when she's playing second fiddle. They are fascinating people, and their choice of subjects are exactly calculated to suck me in!!
These videos—probably qualify as podcasts—are generally hilarious. People all over the world tune into them, apparently, and they have a huge following. I've only watched them for two days (Fb algorithm is sending me their video clips multiple times the last two days), so I'll have to report in more detail once I see more of them.
Kay
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