http://www.word-detective.com/2011/01/loophole/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2011/01/loophole/comment-page-1/#comment-20113 Topi Linkala Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:43:45 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4705#comment-20113 It is easy to see that Finnish society was an agrarian society while the language of byrocracy was developing. The word for loophole in Finnish is 'porseenreikä' eg, 'piglet's hole'. If you ever have tended piglets you know that they can escape from the tiniest hole there is, much like cats. It is easy to see that Finnish society was an agrarian society while the language of byrocracy was developing. The word for loophole in Finnish is ‘porseenreikä’ eg, ‘piglet’s hole’. If you ever have tended piglets you know that they can escape from the tiniest hole there is, much like cats.

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