Talk:kutka

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Plural form of kuka do not exist in finnish. The plural form 'ketkä' is based on 'ken' (archaic form).

The word 'kutka' means, roughly, an annoying itch or rash.

The use of 'kutka' as the plural for 'kuka' is an "literary invention" of a finnish humorist and columnist Seppo Ahti when co-wrote several books titled "Kutka <year>" in the late 80's and early 90's. These books were intended as parodies of popular annually published books titled 'Mitä Missä Milloin <year>' (What, Where, When). The parody name was based on the simple idea that the name of the year book was missing the obvious Who (kuka) and the "plural lookalike's" meaning presented a clever word play, but is hardly worth being the sole, and very incorrect, explanation for the word.

Kept. See archived discussion of February 2008. 07:04, 27 February 2008 (UTC)