# How do you say "We better get the hell out of here" in Finnish? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796 "2010-08-19T21:58:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/1 "2010-08-19T21:58:58Z")
I get the feeling that sentence was uttered once or twice on [this](http://www.hs.fi/thickbox/video/1135259206031?KeepThis=true) beach. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/2 "2010-08-19T22:26:05Z")
holy crap. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/3 "2010-08-19T22:37:24Z")
Yike! “On parasta päästä helvettiin täältä”? (Thanks, Google Translate!) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/4 "2010-08-19T22:40:57Z")
Was that because of the volcano or is this a regular occurence on Finnish beaches? ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/5 "2010-08-19T22:56:54Z")
This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang, but a cold front. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/6 "2010-08-19T23:04:50Z")
The video seems to have been lifted from a recurring nightmare I had throughout my childhood–in my dreams, it was always a nuclear war, and we were always on the beach. We didn’t speak Finnish, however. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/7 "2010-08-20T00:26:39Z")
Someone just summoned an Elder Storm Elemental, I hope they all have good saves. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/8 "2010-08-20T00:29:56Z")
The universal sign language for “let’s get the hell outta here” is given by the rapid waving of your feet as you disappear into the distance. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/9 "2010-08-20T01:40:27Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > The universal sign language for “let’s get the hell outta here” is given by the rapid waving of your feet as you disappear into the distance. Followed by cartoon noises ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/10 "2010-08-20T02:00:27Z")
Wow, that is really cool and strange at the same time! I am taking a trip to Finland here in a couple of months and I will be on the lookout for ominous clouds. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/11 "2010-08-20T02:52:20Z")
We don’t get storms like that usually, this was really anomalous. Was funny reading the Facebook updates of my friends who lived on the storm’s path, they were along the lines of “waaaaah God is smiting Helsinki!”. 😃 And I’d translate “We better get the hell out of here” as “Eiköhän lähdetä helvettiin täältä”. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/12 "2010-08-20T03:57:26Z")
Galactus? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/13 "2010-08-20T05:01:28Z")
I’m amazed!, incredible!, astounding!, unbelievable!.. I had no idea there are _beaches_ in Finland. 😃 I was expecting to see at any moment a stamped of wild animals out of the goods running for their lives. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/14 "2010-08-20T05:10:36Z")
Around 0:31 it sounds a hell of a lot like that woman says “Oh, shit!” ---
**Author:** ![Walther\_Ego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Walther\_Ego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walther_Ego)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/15 "2010-08-20T05:50:58Z")
I live five blocks away but I was actually in our summerplace during that storm. I was looking at the storm from the door when a tree fell on the house. Scary stuff! Must have come a branch first as a cushion, so little damage. Remains to be seen if and when we’ll need to replace the roof. We lost five trees, last week-end was spent sawing and much of this will be, too. We’ve had three storms of the century this summer, weird. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/16 "2010-08-20T15:57:51Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > The video seems to have been lifted from a recurring nightmare I had throughout my childhood–in my dreams, it was always a nuclear war, and we were always on the beach. We didn’t speak Finnish, however. That’s ironic because ALL my nightmares are in Finnish! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/17 "2010-08-20T16:51:03Z")
Awww…they must’ve cut off the part where Sauron appears. …wearing swim trunks, with a surfboard under his arm. “Where’d everybody go?” ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/18 "2010-08-20T17:04:59Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Around 0:31 it sounds a hell of a lot like that woman says “Oh, shit!” I think it’s ‘Holy Shit’. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/19 "2010-08-20T17:33:52Z")
In what sense? And how formally? _Meidän on painuttava helvettiin täältä_; informal, specific group of people. Although in a situation like that, it would be more common to use; _Nyt helvettiin täältä_; informal, passive. Or go with a: _Täältä on päästävä helvettiin_; formal-ish, fourth person semi-passive. Or to translate it as literally as possible; _Meidän on parempl lähteä helvettiin täältä;_ formal (written), specific group (By written I mean like someone saying “It is preferable that we depart from hence to hell”) …why you ask? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796/20 "2010-08-20T18:14:19Z")
> [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](#): > > And I’d translate “We better get the hell out of here” as “Eiköhän lähdetä helvettiin täältä”. What, the welsh steal all your consonants? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-we-better-get-the-hell-out-of-here-in-finnish/550796.md?page=2)