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Burning of crosses... KKK... Hyypia walking while on fire with arms out stretched.
I'll leave it there.
Yeah...a holocaust cloak would have made more sense as a reference
Then why didn’t you list that among our assets in the first place?
Finland isn't in Scandinavia ( Swe, Nor, Den)
It's not a Finnish ritual, it's just Finns being idiots.
Anti-Finnitic
Culturally it is. Along with Iceland and The Faroes. That's how I've always defined Scandinavia anyway.
I think it's the flag design that's always led me to think that way.
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It's a very common mistake.
Are Finns ethnically more like Russians or am I way off the mark?
Mr Wiki says:
In English usage, Scandinavia can refer to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, sometimes more narrowly to the Scandinavian Peninsula, or more broadly to include the Åland Islands, the Faroe Islands, Finland, and Iceland.[3][a]
The broader definition is similar to what are locally called the Nordic countries, which also include the remote Norwegian islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and Greenland, a constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark.[4]
No. Finland was a part of Sweden once, they still speak Swedish in certain parts.
Russia is such a big country, difficult to say what's ethnically russian. Some look like Maria Sharapova some look a bit Mongolian.
In St Petersburg, some look like Swedes.
Still, Finns have a language belonging to a completely different branch than the other Nordic countries, but they're still closer to us.
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Hmm, well that's not what I was taught in school. To us it's Sweden, Norway, Denmark.
Yes, I know a few Finns and they wouldn't thank you for even asking them are they like Russians. My feeling from them is that they're like the weird kid in the Scando gang that have things in common with Norway, Denmark and Sweden, but that they celebrate being different from them too.
I only mentioned it because I got the impression that Russia seems to consider Finland part of it's natural territory.
Probably along with half of Eastern Europe.
Finland was part of the Russian empire at one stage I think and the Soviets would have invaded Finland in 1938.
The Finns put up huge resistance and fought off the red army for a considerable time
The Bolsheviks held meetings in Tampere in Finland after the defeat of the 1905 revolution. It is reported that was where Lenin first met Stalin. Of course Lenin, who was a goodie, didn't realise Stalin was a baddie until many years later.
Trotsky (who used to be my profile pic) was not a member of the Bolsheviks at the time, so would not have been at the meetings. He didn't actually join until 1917, when Lenin admitted the Bolsheviks adopted Trotsky's position rather than vice versa.
Trotsky (who used to be my profile pic) was not a member of the Bolsheviks at the time, so would not have been at the meetings. He didn't actually join until 1917, when Lenin admitted the Bolsheviks adopted Trotsky's position rather than vice versa.
Correct!
Spot on!
Can't say about ethnically, however I've been told by both a Finn and a Hungarian, that their languages are the most similar to each other out of all the languages. Probably something to do with the Soviet occupations over the years, but it seems bizarre.
A Hungarian friend told me once that the linguistic connection goes way back, so far back in fact that no-one really knows when and how it originally arose.
As far as the Scando-Russian connection goes, wasn't Russia originally settled by migrants from Scandinavia (however defined)?
As far as the Scando-Russian connection goes, wasn't Russia originally settled by migrants from Scandinavia (however defined)?
It's a lot further back than that. They're not actually related at all but the fact they aren't related to the rest of the European languages makes them semi relatable.
I had a Hungarian ex she used to teach me bits. None of it made any fucking sense
Are Finnish and Hungarian related to Estonian, or is that off on some completely other linguistic branch again?
https://www.theguardian.com/education/gallery/2015/jan/23/a-language-family-tree-in-pictures
The maps here are nerdy and great
The maps here are nerdy and great
Which bit is correct - that they're related, or Estonian is off on its own branch?
Great map.
I read a book recently on the Irish language and it pointed out the similarities it had with both modern day Hindi and Sanskrit.
It probably goes back to the origins of the first settler in Ireland which would have originated from the Mesopotamia area.
Really good to see that Sami has his very own branch on that Uralic tree
Apparently my old man studied "Romance Phililogy" at college (late 1940s), which must have been all about that Italic Romance branch. When he did his National Service after he finished, he was posted in Eritrea and shared a duty shift (in the stables) with an Egyptian soldier, and they chatted in the only language they had in common ... Latin
Apparently my old man studied "Romance Phililogy" at college (late 1940s), which must have been all about that Italic Romance branch. When he did his National Service after he finished, he was posted in Eritrea and shared a duty shift (in the stables) with an Egyptian soldier, and they chatted in the only language they had in common ... Latin
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