Another newbie - Page 3

05-05-2006, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Paivi

I am, indeed, Finnish and have been in the UK way too long: I now consider anything above 15C warm and if it's not raining, it's positively a nice day! And, sadly, I can't drink, as I ride every day.

Pugi will be your neighbour then... he's from Sweden

05-05-2006, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MilesB

Pugi will be your neighbour then... he's from Sweden

KyllÃ¤! Moi Paivi!
Talar du svenska?

05-05-2006, 12:50 PM

Not really, spent 10 long years studying it, but don't speak it at all. Doubt you'd be able to understand it anyway, as it's the finlandssvenska, and mine would be sibbosvenska in any case, which is incomprehensible (basically, wind the clock back 400 years and the language might make more sense).

But that's neither here nor there, as you speak Finnish! Wahey!

05-05-2006, 01:07 PM

Finlandssvenska is easy enough to understand..not sure about sibbosvenska though. Is it close to the swedish they still speak in Estonia since they were ruled by the swedes 400 years ago? Might give me a lesson at the Ace?

No..I don't speak finnish. It's just the basic phrases that are easy enough, the rest of the language is one of the worlds most difficult along with hungarian.

05-05-2006, 12:50 PM	#33
Paivi Guest Posts: n/a	Not really, spent 10 long years studying it, but don't speak it at all. Doubt you'd be able to understand it anyway, as it's the finlandssvenska, and mine would be sibbosvenska in any case, which is incomprehensible (basically, wind the clock back 400 years and the language might make more sense). But that's neither here nor there, as you speak Finnish! Wahey!

05-05-2006, 01:07 PM	#34
Pugi Guest Posts: n/a	Finlandssvenska is easy enough to understand..not sure about sibbosvenska though. Is it close to the swedish they still speak in Estonia since they were ruled by the swedes 400 years ago? Might give me a lesson at the Ace? No..I don't speak finnish. It's just the basic phrases that are easy enough, the rest of the language is one of the worlds most difficult along with hungarian.