In Finnish we have “kissanristiäiset” (literally means a cat’s christening), which means some trivial and meaningless celebration/event.
In Finnish we have “kissanristiäiset” (literally means a cat’s christening), which means some trivial and meaningless celebration/event.
I’ve always figured that the utility to this one is if you say Mississippi at a reasonable speed, not super fast but not drawn out, it ends up being a pretty reliable way to count a second. So it’s not counting slowly persay, it’s counting seconds.