You Know You Have Been In Finland Too Long, When...

[macsen rufus]

Whereas in English "I will do it tomorrow...", translates as "Yeah, right!"

I shall count that (ie no future tense in Finnish) as today's "Amazing fact I never knew before" About the only other thing I knew about Finnish previously was its serious underusage of the Latin alphabet

[Kagemusha]

Whereas in English "I will do it tomorrow...", translates as "Yeah, right!"

I shall count that (ie no future tense in Finnish) as today's "Amazing fact I never knew before" About the only other thing I knew about Finnish previously was its serious underusage of the Latin alphabet

The term to achieve the mentality you described is "Sisu". Here is an another article, this time from US professor about Sisu:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...032201943.html

[Gregoshi]

Funny stuff Kagemusha! An interesting (if dated) peek into the Finnish mind. Thanks for posting it.

[AggonyDuck]

Hehehe, was a fun read for a boring lecture in a computer class.