Re: Olli Lounela's tournament report from IGS's early years (1993)

Antti,

This is funny, since it actually read "Ollie Lounnella". So, an extra E with
double N and L.
Honest Injun, I'm not 'trolling' at least I don't think I am. I'll have
to look up a definition; the English word 'trawling' keeps intruding.
On the wee Oxford English Dictionary on this PC 'trolling' gets no
results. Of course it does come up with a meaning for 'troll'; from
Scandinavian folklore - "a giant or dwarf living in a cave".
All I wanted to get was the correct spelling of a Mr Ollie's full name; a
simple almost Occam's Razor-ish post.
Hang on, Dictionary.com comes up with for 'troll', 'to fish by trailing
a baited line behind a slowly moving boat'. Well, that is not what I do on the
internet, particularly since I don't know the list members individually. In
conversation in the pub with friends a lot of such leg-pulling tactics goes on
but then I know the folk involved so it's all part of the fun. Is 'trolling' on
the internet frowned on or is it perfectly acceptable?
As it stands I still don't know the correct spelling of Ollie's surname.

...should be, 'The Swan of Tuonela' -- anyway, Swedish.
Aaaah sorry, now I get it. The daft 'Swedish' word. I do apologise; of
course Finnish. I have the driving need to say immediately, 'I knew that' as
you do. Occam's Razor again applies; simply - I goofed; for which as an
aficionado for yer man's music, I should be ashamed.

I assume that you are trolling here, since the only famous Swedish composer
made drinking songs :-p
Nope, I can't make the connection. Who is he?

PS. Relevance to go is that Olli used to teach me go a couple of years ago.
I hope that he is a really good teacher.

"I'm not saying what I'm saying. I'm not saying what I'm *thinking*.
For that matter, I'm not even *thinking* what I'm thinking."
-Captain John Sheridan in the B5 episode 'A Race Through Dark Places'
If that quote is meant as an admonishment; I'll take it to heart.
========
Am I wrong or is there a propensity for Finnish first names for men to
start with an 'A'?
In my line of business I recently dealt with the representative of a
Finnish company, Anssi Rissanen; again the doubled-up consonant after the 'n'.
Probably a single 's' there in Finnish would have a different sound?

Harry.



.