Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6765 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek
| Message 1 of 18 12 June 2006 at 5:44am | IP Logged |
I thought this tongue-in-cheek weblog article was hilarious! It includes a
short "overview" of Finnish grammar and pronunciation.
Finnish as a World Language?
Well, he's convinced me. :)
Edited by Captain Haddock on 12 June 2006 at 7:07am
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patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7012 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 2 of 18 12 June 2006 at 6:03am | IP Logged |
Captain Haddock wrote:
Well, he's convinced me. :) |
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Me too. Good stuff!
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lenkadv Hexaglot Newbie Czech Republic Joined 7146 days ago 21 posts - 24 votes 3 sounds Speaks: Czech*, English, German, SpanishB2, Russian, FrenchB2 Studies: Japanese
| Message 3 of 18 12 June 2006 at 7:38am | IP Logged |
Enjoyed the article, just a small note: Czechoslovakia ceased to exist in 1993...
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vinz Tetraglot Groupie United States Joined 6880 days ago 55 posts - 56 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, Vietnamese, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written)
| Message 4 of 18 12 June 2006 at 10:59pm | IP Logged |
Really good stuff haha
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Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6891 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map
| Message 5 of 18 13 June 2006 at 12:43pm | IP Logged |
Captain Haddock wrote:
Well, he's convinced me. :) |
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Thanks for the link. Very good article that, to cheer you up after a heavy day of work. Hahaa.
I am convinced too, though I may be slightly biased to begin with, and easier to convince than most, since I already know Finnish ;o).
Watch out - Täältä tullaan ! (= Here we come !)
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sayariza Triglot Groupie Indonesia Joined 6760 days ago 42 posts - 54 votes Speaks: Malay, Indonesian*, DutchC1 Studies: EnglishC2
| Message 6 of 18 13 June 2006 at 5:39pm | IP Logged |
nice stuff ...
here what I like..:D
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2. Do not waste time learning numerals higher than 20,000,000. It is unlikely that you will ever have that much money, even in Finnmarks. |
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Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6865 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language
| Message 7 of 18 13 June 2006 at 6:01pm | IP Logged |
Very comprehensive. Why didn't anyone think of this sooner?
Edited by Journeyer on 13 June 2006 at 6:02pm
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zamenhof Diglot Newbie Israel zamenhof.co.il/engliRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5801 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*
| Message 8 of 18 04 January 2009 at 12:24am | IP Logged |
it’s a great language with beautiful pronunciation
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