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02 Aug 2015, 5:24 pm

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Finnish is geographically close to Swedish and Norwegian. It could have easily been a Germanic language, but instead it decided to be a weird alien language.
Finnish is to the Germanic languages, what Aspies are to NTs.

That's the polite way of saying us Finns resisted the longest but one nation in Europe to being converted into Christianity. Only the Latvians beat us in this respect. Majority of them never did. Let me introduce to you Perkunas.

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03 Aug 2015, 5:45 am

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I wish I had been joking when I said that. Who reads glue bottles when they don’t need to? Other than me, I mean. :roll:

Well, me.

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Urgh about your germy library books. Ours used to be like that, but they seem to have improved a lot in the last year or two. Now once something gets worn, damaged or grubby it is withdrawn and sold in the library foyer for $1. Now all of the books in the library are in very good condition.

Lucky!

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That clerk in the bookstore was horrid to you. I hate people being like that. You were trying to buy something, and making an effort in a foreign language. He should have been much nicer to you. I have found that some people in France can be like that, if you don't get the pronounciation absolutely correct. Even if they know what you are trying to say (like if you are pointing at something, but trying to say it too). You think they would be pleased you are making an effort. That is why I liked the Italians so much. Even when I was making a terrible attempt, they were so pleased I was even trying.

Ha ha, nice joke too!

Thanks.

I've heard that about the French too. I've never been to France, but people I know who have been there (including my mother and a former classmate whose mother is French) have said the same thing. I've also heard that they can't be bothered to understand English either, making it real 'fun' for tourists. Crappy.

I haven't been to Italy, but the stereotype is that they are nice and friendly and will appreciate your attempt.

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Harry Potter is not going to be easy. I'm tempted to do a Memrise course like 'Top 3000 French words' first, but I probably already know the top 1500, so maybe I'll just get on with it. I haven't decided yet. It's a lot easier nowadays too, with technology. I can load a French-English dictionary on my Kindle, then I can read a book in French on there, and whenever I come across a word I don't know, I just click on it and it gives me the English translation. It's sooo much faster than having to look words up in a physical dictionary. Anyway, the first couple of books are always the hardest. After that you have a much better feel for the grammar and sentence construction, and you start learning a lot more vocabulary.

Hmm... Might not be a bad idea to take the 3000 top words course?

You use Kindle? I don't have one, nor do I want one. It's so much easier to read paper than a screen.

Either way, I'd like to know if the French version also changes the names of the characters.

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Prepositions are the worst. It seems to be entirely random how they are used in different languages.

Yep, it's like they just flipped coins (or maybe they rolled a dice) to decide which one to use where.

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03 Aug 2015, 5:50 am

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It simply survived while Germanic and Slavic languages spread around it.

If Finland hadn't become independent in the 19th century, it'd probably be nearing extinction by now, replaced by Swedish, like many formerly widely spoken languages in other countries whose speakers found themselves within the borders of a state with a different dominant language. It'd be associated with terrorists, like Basque, and holding on to it would be generally considered backward, the way to go being to forsake it as a native language, embracing instead the one which enables you to talk to the rest of your country.

Huh. It's so interesting to think of the what if's.

I've sometimes wondered what would have happened if Sweden hadn't been willing to let Norway go in 1905. The Norwegians were ready to fight a war over it at the time. If Sweden had tried to keep us, would we have a bad relationship today? Would we be a nation of rebels, maybe even terrorists? Would it be like northern Ireland?
It's interesting to wonder about.

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03 Aug 2015, 1:56 pm

My theory is that all these five Nordic countries would be called Ísland.

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04 Aug 2015, 8:10 pm

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04 Aug 2015, 11:47 pm

A turtle could say that to a sloth.

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05 Aug 2015, 9:03 am

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That looks familiar. :roll:

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05 Aug 2015, 10:28 am

^ Yep. Sigh.

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A turtle could say that to a sloth.

Yes, and to koalas and snails too

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05 Aug 2015, 10:39 am

^^^ I've seen that one before and love it!

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05 Aug 2015, 6:20 pm

^That's nothing compared to Internet Explorer.

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13 Aug 2015, 6:12 am

Is that your tortoise? He's very cute. :heart:

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13 Aug 2015, 7:03 am

I wish! I once had two red-eared sliders (same species as the one in the picture).
By the way, they're terrapins (aquatic), not tortoises

Here's a pic of the lovely turtles I had:

From left to right, they are Nikita and Nemo