Originally posted by Nordlysonly those who talk western dialects, like me. 🙂 well, easterns do it too, but differently, more like estonians. the central finland is probably the only place where words are pronounced completely.
[b]What my sister (who studied in Helsinki for a year) found most difficult was that the Finns leave out half of the syllables when talking fast. [b]
helsinki has a dialect of it's own, which is completely impossible to understand for other finns. it's about 25% finnish, 25% german, 25% russian and 25% swedish. but it's mostly spoken by old geezers and others who were born here. but I doubt anyone would speak it to a foreigner. and yea, probably peole will change to english immediately when they meet foreigners, or swedish if applicable.
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Originally posted by wormwoodI know, my gf's dad is sad after more than 20 years (if I remember well) with no happiness from the team and now they get screwed in the finals. Sad, real sad.
oh, I'm from near pori originally. living in helsinki nowadays. yea, happy may 1st, or 'vappu' as we call it. 🙂
pori's hockey team 'ässät' lost national league finals yesterday, so they might be a bit under the weather. 🙂
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