Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Tulimuld was also the name of an expat (exile?) #Estonian media/culture magazine from 1950-1991. I’m sure there a symbolism in Estonia’s penchant for scorched earth references somewhere. See, e.g., #Aedvere.
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Trahteri (Trahter)
Lit. Tavern, inn, public house. #Saagpakk suspects it comes from the #Russian or #German. #EES suggests #EstoSwedish trafter, guesthouse which – given Sweden’s importing of French vocabulary following #Napoleon’s installation of #Bernadotte as...
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