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Hello pretty! (Finnish/Dutch) 2k1l4n

Great time we had in Finland where the Finnish use the word moi moi to say hello/goodbye to each other (pronounced "moy moy" in English). In Belgium, where I live, the word mooi (pronounced the same way), means "nice/pretty". It was great that we could say it to the girls as much as we wanted to, without them getting offended ...

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