Samooja: It's also often called "Finglish" or "Fingliska" since it's a sort of mish-mash between Finnish and English vocabulary and grammar. I think it was quite common among Finnish immigrants around the time that photo would've been taken, but has faded out of use since then.

Mommmmm reading is borrrrring. Photo from my collection, no date.

There is writing on the back of this photo but the only word I can decipher is “Lucky”. Maybe you guys can help.

I'm pretty sure it's "Minä ja Lucky - Tämä on [otettu] meijän hausissa", which translates to "Me and Lucky - this was taken at our house". "Meijän" is a dialectical form of "meidän" (our) and "hausissa" is an American Finnish expression for house.

I didn't even know American Finnish was a thing before now. Interesting!

It's also often called "Finglish" or "Fingliska" since it's a sort of mish-mash between Finnish and English vocabulary and grammar. I think it was quite common among Finnish immigrants around the time that photo would've been taken, but has faded out of use since then.

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