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ahje · 2018-11-20 23:13:08+00:00

No worries -- based on their names, I'd say the girl and her uncle are Finnish as well. :)

bergie | karma 8031 | avg karma 4.74 · | 2012-07-05 08:38:28

Ok, correction: Finnish-sounding names

viksit | karma 1291 | avg karma 3.64 · | 2018-06-23 02:16:52+00:00

Wow. I didn’t realize they were Finnish. I’ve grown up with so many of these in India, I used to think they were actually Indian! TIL.

dhughes | karma 1160 | avg karma 1.34 · | 2011-05-27 18:23:55+00:00

Maybe that's why they are Finnish? (I kid!)

akd | karma 623 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2008-06-25 00:23:10+00:00

Finnish?

jacquesm | karma 227883 | avg karma 3.76 · | 2015-06-20 00:24:28+00:00

That's Finnish.

selimthegrim | karma 5458 | avg karma 0.82 · | 2021-04-01 04:05:52+00:00

Finnish I think

guerrilla | karma 7914 | avg karma 1.95 · | 2021-01-25 15:34:33+00:00

Wow, that's a trip. Is there somewhere I can read more about this? I'll google translate it if all you got is in Finnish but I can read Swedish too.

Edit: Reverse image search tells me her name is Laukku-Leena. https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/b225828d-c1b1-40b5-b7b1-a...

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white_devil | karma 603 | avg karma 1.45 · | 2012-04-12 08:59:17+00:00

Finnish and Estonian are really close.

welcomebrand | karma 94 | avg karma 1.92 · | 2018-10-19 11:14:00+00:00

I think I might be Finnish

jjav | karma 7040 | avg karma 2.09 · | 2023-09-08 01:15:44

> How about "mama" and "papa"?

And then finnish is (of course) quite different. Mom = äiti, Dad = isä

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juuso | karma 5 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2012-10-19 07:22:11+00:00

As a Finnish-speaking Finn I'd say that one person was exaggerating a bit. Yes, you can hear her first language is Swedish, but it's not that bad.

anewhnaccount3 | karma 109 | avg karma 7.79 · | 2024-05-29 16:17:15

Oh well if I made a spelling mistake that obviously invalidates my whole point. Thank you for teaching me that Finnish is a very special language -- just like the Finns -- such an amazing an unique people ;)

resolutebat | karma 4749 | avg karma 4.77 · | 2024-03-01 05:31:50

Uh, no, it's Finnish through and through.

Kollner | karma -3 | avg karma -0.27 · | 2009-05-12 13:08:30+00:00

The article is in Finnish, not Swedish.

kryptiskt | karma 9753 | avg karma 6.92 · | 2020-05-06 11:55:35

It just says that the Finns are genetically closely related to Swedes and linguistically a universe apart.

outime | karma 2158 | avg karma 5.94 · | 2022-09-27 08:40:52

Pretty cool. Special thanks for offering Finnish.

jmtulloss | karma 2338 | avg karma 3.26 · | 2016-07-17 21:46:48

OT: Is Finland a Germanic nation? Their language isn't afaik.

jamal-kumar | karma 2983 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2023-04-13 14:15:52

Finnish

farnerup | karma 42 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2023-05-02 08:43:00

She wrote in Swedish though, not Finnish.