Originally Posted by TO11MTM
That's a good question indeed, are there bearing houses in Suomen Tasavalta? Did I even get that right, I'm pretty cruddy at Finnish despite studying it for a while.
Well, it's formally correct (it means Finnish republic), but wrong in this, as in most contexts - you wouldn't say "federation of the United States of America" in any but the most legalistic contexts. Just say Suomi.
I am not even sure what a bearing house is?