Huomenta

Huomenta is the official Agavi greeting on the IRC channel. It is Finnish and means "Good Morning". Despite this, we use it at any time, since nobody can learn all the Finnish greetings used throughout a day (the words are too long and too weird).

The users on IRC, especially the Finns, attach great importance to everyone obeying this official greeting. A simple "hi" or "good evening" will not be tolerated.

The origins of Huomenta date back to the time when the Finns on IRC easily outnumbered any other nationality, especially during winter, when they cannot open their doors due to two meters of snow outside (they then sit inside, idle on IRC, use the backup sauna on the roof and complain about how pointless it was, once again, to buy spike tires for their cars). It is regarded a cultural heritage of Agavi and as such, it shall remain in use till kingdom come.