The article focuses on Finnish proverbs as a part of
contemporary colloquial written language in everyday use and context.
The article offers a view on what is happening with proverbs in the
vernacular in Finnish everyday life. Most traditional Finnish proverbs
originate from an agrarian context and still use agrarian language, even
if nowadays they live in a new context with a new meaning. As empirical
material this article uses a special case that demonstrates the use of
proverbs in one Finnish newspaper: proverbs in SMS messages published as
a letter to the editor in a newspaper.

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Avtorica se
osredinja na finske pregovore kot del sodobnega pogovornega pisnega
jezika v vsakdanji rabi in kontekstu. Članek ponuja pogled na to, kaj se
dogaja s pregovori v domačem jeziku v finskem vsakdanjiku. Večina
tradicionalnih finskih pregovorov izvira iz agrarnega konteksta in še
vedno uporablja ta jezik, čeprav gre danes za nove kontekste z novimi
pomeni. Empirično gradivo za razpravo so pregovori v finskem časopisu,
natančneje, pregovori v SMS sporočilih, objavljenih kot pisma uredniku
časopisa.