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suomiruli · Post by **suomiruli** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 2:01 pm

before i heard finnish for the first time, i always thought it sounded like swedish or something. So when i heard it for the first time, i was very surprised, it sounded so different then other languages. Now it sounds just finnish for me, and i am learning the language now.

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Phil · Post by **Phil** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:40 pm

Yeah, I always thought it sounded like Japanese spoken backwards - now it sounds like Finnish.

p19 · Post by **p19** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:47 am

When I started learn finnish, I have never heard finnish, and my accent was like italian. And my friend told me that her was too.
Now it sounds like my second mother language.

Falling Rain · Post by **Falling Rain** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:43 am

When i first heard Finnish it sounded um... bumpy. And extremely complicated.

Now that i'm learning it it still sounds bumpy and extremely complicated.

ullanlinna · Post by **ullanlinna** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:18 pm

It must be true that spoken Finnish sounds strange to those who do not speak the language.

Try turning the table and think how strange (no offense) the following languages sound to natives from Helsinki:

- russian: thousands of s-letters, women speaking really high tones. you can tell that it is russian, and start to dislike.
- french: sounds beautiful, can't locate one single word.
- english: (amer): nasal all the way, super-loud
- spanish: sounds easy, somehow inviting
- danish: what?
- portuguese: amazingly close to russian when spoken
- italian: yes sir, this we can speak easily, at least compared to the English, provided that someone could tell where to keep breaks and what to emphasize
- estonian: written somewhat comprehendable, spoken - no way.
- savo dialect - what on earth did he just say?

others?

clamp · Post by **clamp** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:36 pm

Still remember when I heard finnish for the first time, i thought these people have emergency then have to rush into toilet, that's why they speak like sweeping AK24 machinery gun.

after that only I found out Finnish words are long, it's just funny

Falling Rain · Post by **Falling Rain** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:34 am

Does english really sound nasaly??

I cant imagine at all what it would sound like if you couldn't understand the words... And would the different accents sound different? ie, American, English, Australian... *ponders*

khu · Post by **khu** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:35 am

I agree, a lot of American standard English and Midwest dialects share these flat nasal vowels. "Aw, määään, I can't find my hääät!"

It's pretty noticeable to me when I return to the US after any amount of time overseas away from American dialects.

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