Seppo

seppo English Etymology en :af septic tank<alt:septic tank><pos:rhyming slang for Yank> -o<pos:colloquialising suffix> + 1 Pronunciation en en-au-Seppo.ogg AU en ɛpəʊ 2 Noun en Australia rhyming slang An American. en septic UK Thesaurus:American en 2010 Emily Maguire Smoke in the Room http://books.google.com/books?id=xpb83WmncAEC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=%22seppo%22%7C%22seppos%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=ioMb8GlpA1&sig=I4-wts2xX-sfCrniaXo6cNRTcuM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_x8-UN3eCOyziQfUtYHADg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22seppo%22%7C%22seppos%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 17 ‘So, Adam, you have the privilege of being my first Seppo.’‘Your first what?’‘Seppo. You′ve gotta learn to speak Aussie, man. You′re a Yank, so –’‘No, not a Yankee. I′m from –’‘The You Ess Ay. Makes you a Yank. Yank rhymes with septic tank. But we like to shorten names and then add an O at the end - but only if we like you. So Yank is kind of neutral. Septic tank is rude. But Seppo, well, it′s affectionate. Get it?’‘No.’ Anagrams en eopps Popes peops pepos popes soppe Category:Australian rhyming slang Finnish Etymology From fi seppo smith, skillful person, an epithet of the smith Ilmarinen in the Kalevala. Compare fi Aino. Used as a given name since the early 20th century. Pronunciation Proper noun fi male Finnish fi 1974 w:fi:Alpo Ruuth Kotimaa Tammi 9513030156 167 Kun meidän esikoinen syntyi, niille annettiin nimeksi Seppo ja Pekka ja Tauno. Back when we had our eldest son, he was named Seppo and Pekka and Tauno. fi 1999 w:fi:Juhani Syrjä Juho 19-33 Juho Gummerus 2008 9789512077809 182 Tukevalle ja isokouraiselle pojalle annoimme nimeksi Seppo. We named the sturdy and big-handed boy Seppo. fi Finnish Usage notes Popular in the 1940s and the 1950s, often in the combination fi Seppo Ilmari. Declension Se pp p o a Derived terms fi Sepponen Statistics dvv_20250813 23993 4820 19 dvv_20250813 59 References fi Finnic mythology