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[–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Finnish is super easy to pronounce for Anglos. Just take your time and pronounce every letter.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    The problem is when they have mishmashed English and Finnish to make brand new words. Kowsit Lats = Cow Shit Flats, where people put their cows out to pasture.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    You’re going to have to give some hints - my browser can’t translate that and Google thinks I’m looking for exercises, doesn’t even recognize it as Finnish……. Otherwise I’ll have to remember it as “cow shit flats” because I know what that is

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  • The current pronunciation is closer to Cow Sit Lats. "Finlanders gave the name to a broad meadow at the top of a hill where local farmers grazed their cattle. They had trouble pronouncing the English combinations "sh" and "fl," so in their "Finnglish" argot they called the place Kowsit Lats."

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    You’re gonna need an hour or so to teach ‘em the Ä, Ö, and Y letters; and pray they don’t take the hydrofoil over to Tallinn, because then they’re really gonna get confused. “🇫🇮👈🤬👉🇪🇪 What the hell is going on, you two!”

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (3 children)

    Lol the mainland Estonian õ is pretty fatal too.

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