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RE: Welcome to Finland! = WTF - We have reindeer, hel and evl
Interesting pieces of information. I had a friend from Finland, a tattoo artist... but he couldn't make it over here, so he went back to Finland.
He told me that you guys don't have words like "please"... and that the people are very rough, as if they are mad about something all the time. Do you confirm that information?
Well, instead of please, we use thank you (kiitos) or here you are (ole hyvä). May I have more please? Saisinko lisää kiitos? Step right in please. Astukaa sisään, olkaa hyvä. And the words here you are (olkaa hyvä) word for word translation from Finnish back to English is: be so good, so it's more than just here you are when you're giving something to someone or responding to thank you. So I would say that we have couple of words for please. We can also add more letters (isi) to certain words so that it sounds even more polite.
"Saanko lisää?" May / can I have more?
"Saisinko lisää?" May I please have more?
Stereotyping! My favorite thing to do!
Perhaps these can lighten your wonderings:
First of all there's a song. I wont bother you with the the Finnish words, but the translation of the chorus goes: "A snot-nosed youngster will become a better man than a boy laughing at nothing."
It means you are taught not to laugh in vane. Not to smile in vane. If someone you do not know walks towards you in the street and smiles, there's only two possible options: the person walking to you is mentally insane or the person is laughing at your bad hair / face day.
Second thing is that when encountering hardship (cold weather / debt / death / anything that pisses people off or makes them sad), you are taught to just suck it up.
Third thing is that there's this saying: "Silence is golden." So it means it's better to just shut up. Also third thing is that Finns like their space. So when ever they see someone else out there in the streets, they think that person is too close. Because they can see them. So that makes Finns mad. Encountering other people in their personal space.
Fourth thing is that there's a book called: Eniten vituttaa kaikki. = The thing mostly pissing me off is everything.
But, if you come here when it's summer and hotter than usual, like last summer was, or you can calculate the three days that during this three month lasting summer are going to have the temperature over 25°C, you can see nothing but happy people with barely nothing on. Because warmth makes Finns crazy and happy. https://www.instagram.com/allbutttravelling
But don't believe me. We should also ask other Finns (or people living in Finland, or people who I think live in Finland) about this. @bluerobo, @markkujantunen, @celestal, @eveuncovered, @borran, @apsu, @islanderman, @gamer00, @omsoc, @emdivs and of course people who know Finns: @galenkp. Why are Finns so rough, as if they are mad about something all the time?
Incredible. My friend told me nothing about that... Maybe he really didn't like Finland. I wonder why?
So you Finns want to invade this blockchain, eh? You'll have to deal with us Portuguese first. We are stealth invading it already. 😂
I didn't even mention everyone that I know / think I know are Finns. ;) Only the most active ones.
Finns only appear pissed off. They are quite nice beneath a neutral expression. Additionally the language is not exactly vibrant. That underscores the unfriendly appearance.
I find them to be delightful - all year round.
But you will only notice that when you get to know them a little more.
Full disclosure: I only drop by from time to time. Only during summer. Had to learn it the hard way
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No we aren't. I'm pissed off outside and inside. All the time.
That's what a non Finnish speaker would be expected to say.
Impossible task, but with several attempts, lures and tricks before the pissed off Finn pushes you away, could theoretically happen in some cases.
tää on täyttä skeidaa
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Se on aina toivottavaa että on, koska tuttu ruskea kasa on aina parempi kuin tuntematon ja määrittelemätön, minkä sisällöstä ei tiedetä muuta kuin että se muuttaa kaiken tylsäksi ja tapahtumarikattomaksi. Sitä paitsi 10 miljardia lantakärpästä, tutkiessaan ihanan lämpimästi väreilevää ja nenäonteloissa kutkuttavasti tuoksuvaa, koko elämälle tarkoituksen tarjoavaa kakkapökälettä, eivät voi olla väärässä siitä, että skeida, on paitsi äärettömän tarpeellista, niin myös unelmien ihmemaa sekä tietysti kaiken elämän perusta. :)
Please go and wash your hands
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Hey, thank you for the post/comment, now I found other Finnish users 👌🏼👌🏼
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You are welcome! :)