Comment on Is there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?

• ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can you explain please?

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  • jbrains@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Finnish people are stereotyped to sound monotone, enunciate clearly, speak directly, and tersely. This makes them seem unfriendly.

    And then they expect you to stay 3 m away from them at all times, which intensifies their seeming unfriendliness.

    At least these are the memes.

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    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Knew there was a reason I liked Finns…

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      • jbrains@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        When we go to a hotel, we prefer the Finnish level of service: make everything work and otherwise leave us alone.

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    • Yaky@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sounds pretty similar to US stereotypes towards Eastern Europeans, who are “always grumpy” and “rude”.

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      • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How Eastern Europeans see USians:

        😁°º︎○︎( please help )

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  • DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As others explained, finnish is pretty flat and that carries to the other languages I speak. To english mostly, I refuse to speak swedish

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    • ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      From what I’ve learned from memes is that there is “enmity” between Swedes and Finns, am I correct?

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      • DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I wouldn’t say so. Finns might feel like the little brother and feel unease about that. In practice there are lots of personal and commersial ties. Many have family in Sweden, me included.

        We don’t expect Sweden to send troops if Russia tries to invade, planes and ships, maybe the odd submarine but no troops. At least that seems to be the sentiment

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